This course is part of the Creating Business Value with Data and Looker Specialization

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In this course, you learn how to do the kind of data exploration and analysis in Looker that would formerly be done primarily by SQL developers or analysts. Upon completion of this course, you will be able to leverage Looker's modern analytics platform to find and explore relevant content in your organization’s Looker instance, ask questions of your data, create new metrics as needed, and build and share visualizations and dashboards to facilitate data-driven decision making.

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Creating Business Value with Data and Looker Specialization

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Approx. 4 hours to complete

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What you will learn

Use dimensions, measures, filters, and pivots to analyze and visualize data
Create advanced metrics instantaneously with table calculations
Create and share visualizations using Looks and dashboards
Discuss the use of folders and boards in Looker to manage and organize content

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Course 2 of 3 in the

Creating Business Value with Data and Looker Specialization

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English

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

13 minutes to complete

Introduction to the Course

13 minutes to complete

1 video (Total 1 min), 2 readings

23 minutes to complete

Introduction to Looker

23 minutes to complete

4 videos (Total 17 min)

2 hours to complete

Core Analytics Concepts

2 hours to complete

15 videos (Total 31 min)

15 videos

Module 2 Introduction1mCore analytics concepts1mDimensions in Looker2mMeasures in Looker1mExample: Exploring measures using customer data2mUsing dimensions and measures1mExample: Combining dimensions and measures1mFiltering dimensions2mFiltering measures3mExample: Time dimensions and filters2mPivoting data in Looker1mExample: Working with pivots2mLab Intro: Getting Started with Analyzing and Visualizing Data in Looker14sGetting Started with Google Cloud and Qwiklabs4mModule 2 Summary1m

1 practice exercise

Module 2 Quiz6m

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Table Calculations

2 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 26 min)

1 hour to complete

Looks and Dashboards

1 hour to complete

8 videos (Total 23 min)

16 minutes to complete

Content Management

16 minutes to complete

4 videos (Total 10 min)

1 minute to complete

Course Summary

1 minute to complete

1 video (Total 1 min)

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TOP REVIEWS FROM ANALYZING AND VISUALIZING DATA IN LOOKER

by GGNov 2, 2021

Informative and descriptive of all the functions that can be performed

by AMDec 16, 2021

A short and a very good course with hand on labs on Looker.

by KHMar 2, 2023

Easy to follow instructions and good introduction to Looker.

by PBJan 15, 2022

Simple and short but you are comfortable with software after this course. Great.

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About the Creating Business Value with Data and Looker Specialization

This series of courses introduces data in the cloud and Looker to someone who would like to become a Looker Developer. It includes the background on how data is managed in the cloud and how it can be used to create value for an organization. You will then learn the skills you need as a Looker Developer to use the Looker Modeling Language (LookML) to empower your organization to conduct self-serve data exploration, analysis and visualization.

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What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
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