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Why Use Looker?
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Find and Organize Content
Finding and Viewing Content
Finding Content in Looker
Viewing Dashboards in Looker
Viewing Looks in Looker
Video Tutorials
Looker Filter Expressions
Organizing Content
Organizing and Managing Access to Content
Presenting Content with Boards
For Developers and Admins
Deleted and Unused Content for Admins
Send and Share Content
Sharing Data Overview
Sharing Data
One-Time Sharing
Sending Data Now
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Sharing Data Through an Action Hub
Alerts
Video Tutorials
Video Tutorials
Retrieve and Chart Data
Retrieving Data
Exploring Data in Looker
Filtering and Limiting Data
Merging Results from Different Explores
Video Tutorials
Looker Filter Expressions
Looker Functions and Operators
Adding Custom Formatting to Numeric Fields
Creating Your Own Fields
Using Table Calculations
Adding Custom Fields
Creating Looker Expressions
Looker Functions and Operators
Creating Charts
Creating Visualizations and Graphs
Visualization Types and Settings
Time Formatting for Charts
Video Tutorials
Create Dashboards and Reports
Creating Saved Reports (Looks)
Saving and Editing Looks
Creating User-Defined Dashboards
Creating User-Defined Dashboards
Editing User-defined Dashboards
Adding Filters to User-defined Dashboards
Looker Filter Expressions
Video Tutorials
Creating and Managing LookML Dashboards
Building LookML Dashboards
LookML Dashboard Reference
Dashboard Element Parameters
Dashboard Reference Line Parameters
Converting from LookML to User-Defined Dashboards
Converting from User-Defined to LookML Dashboards
Get Ready for Development
Development Basics
Getting Started Developing in Looker
How a Project Works in Looker
Development Mode and Production Mode
LookML Project Files
Understanding Model and View Files
Understanding Other Project Files
Working with Folders in the IDE
SQL in Looker
How Looker Generates SQL
SQL Runner Basics
Using SQL Runner to Create Queries and Explores
Using SQL Runner to Create Derived Tables
Managing Database Functions with SQL Runner
Creating and Editing Projects
Creating a New LookML Project
Accessing and Editing Project Information
Generating a Model
Git and Version Control
Setting Up and Testing a Git Connection
Configuring Project Version Control Settings
Configuring the Webhook Deploy Secret
Using Version Control and Deploying
Git Command Reference
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Enabling Secure Database Access
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Connecting Looker to Your Database
Testing Database Connectivity
Looker Marketplace
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Write LookML
Getting Started with LookML
Steps to Learning LookML
Video Tutorials
Basic Concepts
What is LookML?
LookML Terms and Concepts
Editing and Validating LookML
Content Validation
Incorporating SQL and Referring to LookML Objects
Additional LookML Basics
Working with Joins in LookML
Using Derived Tables
Creating Native Derived Tables
Changing the Explore Menu and Field Picker
Changing Filter Suggestions
Building Faster with Looker Blocks
Advanced Concepts
Caching Queries and Rebuilding PDTs with Datagroups
Reusing Code with Extends
Importing Files from Other Projects
Templated Filters and Liquid Parameters
Liquid Variable Reference
HTML Sanitization
Localizing Your Model
LookML Reference
LookML Parameter Reference by Function
LookML Quick Reference
Project Manifest Parameters
Model Parameters
Explore Parameters
Join Parameters
View Parameters
Field Parameters
Dimension, Filter, and Parameter Types
Measure Types
Looker Filter Expressions
Liquid Variable Reference
Use Embedding and the API
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Getting Started with Setup and Admin
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Setting Up Looker Overview
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Getting Started with Users
Setting Up a Database
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Enabling Secure Database Access
Database Configuration Instructions
Connecting Looker to Your Database
Testing Database Connectivity
Video Tutorials
Admin Tutorials
Access Control and Permission Management
Designing and Configuring a System of Access Levels
Clustering Looker
Creating Connections
Creating Looker Usage and Metadata Reports with i__looker
Creating Looker Usage Reports with System Activity Explores
Making Announcements to Your Users
Managing Business User Features
Deleting Personal User Information
Using Time Zone Settings
Localizing Looker
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