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Analyzing and Visualizing Data in Looker

Overview

In Analyzing and Visualizing Data in Looker, you’ll use Looker’s modern analytics platform to explore and analyze data — no SQL experience required. Learn how to work with dimensions, measures, and filters to ask the right questions of your data, then build visualizations and dashboards to support data-driven decision-making across all levels of your organization.

What you'll learn

  • Define Looker and the capabilities it provides for working with data
  • Use dimensions, measures, and filters to analyze and visualize data
  • Use dashboards for multiple visualizations and boards to curate Looker content
  • Create advanced metrics by pivoting Looker data and writing table and offset calculations
  • Create visualizations using Looks and dashboards
  • Share Looker content with others

Skills you'll practise

SQL (Programming Language)DashboardData-Driven Decision MakingData AnalysisDecision MakingLooker Analytics

Advantages and disadvantages

Advantages

  • University courses you can audit for free, with lectures, readings and practice quizzes.
  • A verified certificate from the university if you pay for it.
  • From Google, a well-regarded name.
  • Self-paced: start any time.

Disadvantages

  • Graded assignments and the certificate need the paid track.
  • Audit access can expire a few weeks after the course ends.
  • Learning is free, but the certificate costs money.
  • Some parts (graded work, certificate) are paid.

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Free to audit

  • Free: Choose "Audit this course" when you enrol: lectures, readings and practice are free.
  • Paid: Graded assignments and the verified certificate (Certificate $29). Audit access may end after the course closes.

Google is in Tier 2: excellent universities and the companies that build the technology of our institution ranking (88/100). They build what they teach.

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