About Specialization Creating Business Value with Data and Looker course
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.
Applied learning project
Course 2 includes hands-on labs with Looker to build skills in both data analysis and visualization. In the first lab, learners work with dimensions, measures, filters, and pivots to query, select, and visualize data in Looker using Explores. In the second lab, learners use table calculations and offsets to instantaneously create new metrics from data using Explores.
Course 3 includes hands-on labs focused on building LookML skills to curate data experiences for business users. In the first lab, learners practice creating dimensions and measures in LookML and learn about the different data types that LookML supports. In the second lab, learners create and persist derived tables in LookML to create new tables that do not yet exist in the underlying database.
