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Models in Looker: Best Practices and Guidelines

July 27, 2023

Looker allows you to create robust, flexible data models that empower users to explore data in a self-service manner. The bedrock of Looker's capabilities is LookML, Looker's easy-to-learn data modeling language. However, knowing LookML syntax is only the first step. Equally important is designing your LookML models in a way that optimizes for performance, maintainability, and user-friendliness. This article will discuss some best practices and guidelines for designing data models in Looker.

Understanding and Creating LookML Models

July 27, 2023

LookML, Looker's proprietary data modeling language, provides a highly adaptable and human-readable way to describe and manipulate data sets. A LookML model serves as a blueprint of your data, defining how Looker interacts with your database, and shapes the data for exploration and visualization. This article gives an in-depth explanation of LookML models, their structure, and how to create them.

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