Helpful Looker Tutorials
November 2, 2026
Build flexible this-period-versus-last-period measures in LookML using filter-only fields, templated filters and Liquid, without hard-coding date logic.
Read moreOctober 26, 2026 · Vistelio
Most business users never open an Explore — they live in Sheets and Slides. This tutorial covers the two governed exits from your semantic layer into Google Workspace: Connected Sheets for Looker and Looker Reports (the Looker Studio-native reporting surface inside Looker), including the LookML, permissions, and performance work that makes them safe.
Read moreOctober 19, 2026 · Vistelio
Looker 26.18 adds a Style Validator to Looker Continuous Integration, so naming conventions and structural best practices can be enforced inside Looker instead of a bolted-on linter. Here is how our developers configure lkmlstyle.yaml, choose severities, and roll the rules out to an existing project without drowning the team in violations.
Read moreOctober 12, 2026 · Vistelio
A practical migration playbook for moving an extract-based BI estate to Looker: inventory and triage, harvesting metric definitions, modeling the core in LookML, automated parity testing in CI, and a cutover plan that survives month-end close.
Read moreOctober 5, 2026
Business users increasingly ask Looker for forecasts and risk scores, not just history. BigQuery ML lets you train models in SQL and serve the results through LookML — if you materialize scores correctly, protect the grain, and govern freshness. Here is the pattern our developers use on client projects.
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