Analyzing and Visualizing Data in Looker
This course introduces the Looker BI platform: the user interface, terminology, and building blocks. Upon completing it, you will be able to leverage your knowledge to find and explore relevant content in your organization’s Looker instance. You will understand how to ask questions about your data, create new metrics as needed, and build and share visualizations and dashboards to facilitate data-driven decision-making.
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Rozaliia Khafizova
Data and AI Training Advisor
What will you learn?
After the training, you will be able to:
Navigate the Looker interface and functionalities
Create simple, insightful and useful data visualizations
Work with measures, dimensions, pivots and filters to shape data for visualization
Use table calculations and offset functions to create new metrics instantaneously
Build and schedule assets such as looks and dashboards
Program
The program consists of five modules that combine theory and practice.
- Introduction to Looker: Looker interface and components
- Core Analytics Concepts: Dimensions, measures, filters, pivots
- Table calculations: Table calculations, offset functions
- Dashboards: Looker dashboards, data delivery options
- Content Management: Looker content organization, folders, boards
This training is for you if:
You want to start working with Looker
You want to build insightful visualizations to help the business make data-informed decisions
You are a business user, but you want to develop a better understanding about this tool
This training is not for you if:
You are a very experienced data analyst and already know the ins and outs of Looker
You want to learn everything about LookML (check out our Developing Data Models with LookML training instea
d)Why should I follow this training?
Uncover key information about your data
Hands-on training with real life examples – learn today apply tomorrow!
Display your insights in effective dashboards and share them with your audience.
What does it look like?
What else should I know?
After registration for this training, you will receive a confirmation email with practical information. A week before the training, we will ask you about any dietary requirements.
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Course information
Looker is a browser-based platform, so it’s not necessary to download any application to your computer.
All literature and course materials are included in the price.
You need to bring your own laptop for this training.
After registering for this course, you will receive a confirmation email with practical information.
Meet the trainers
Thomas van Latum
Thomas is a Data Architect at Xebia Data and has been working with Google Cloud for the past 12 years. He works with customers on the full data landscape, from infrastructure to data governance and security.
Taís Laurindo Pereira
Taís is a versatile data professional with 5+ years of experience in a diverse range of organizations. Currently, she’s focusing on end-to-end analytics as an Analytics Engineer.
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