Helpful Looker Tutorials
August 25, 2026 · Vistelio
How to use the System Activity explores (History, Field Usage, PDT Event Log, Database Performance) to find slow dashboards, prune unused fields and content, attribute warehouse cost to users and schedules, and feed the results back into the model.
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Private versus signed versus SSO embedding, generating signed embed URLs server side, the Embed SDK 2.x in the browser, user attributes for row-level security in embeds, and cookieless embedding for browsers that block third-party cookies.
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Build a chat-with-your-data feature on a Looker explore with Google's Conversational Analytics API: prepare the model with labels, descriptions and guardrails, create a data agent, ask questions from Python, and evaluate answer accuracy.
Read moreAugust 25, 2026 · Vistelio
A working CI pipeline for LookML: test and assert data tests, the LAMS linter, Spectacles SQL and content validation in GitHub Actions, and advanced deploy mode with deploy webhooks so production only moves when checks pass.
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Define rollups inside explores with aggregate_table and let Looker route matching queries to them automatically. Covers the query-matching rules, designing a small set of rollups, datagroup and incremental refresh, and measuring the win in System Activity.
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