Getting Started with Looker

Prerequisites

• Data warehouse (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift)
• Looker instance (cloud or self-hosted)
• Git repository for LookML project

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Connect Database

1. Admin → Database → Connections
2. Add Connection
3. Configure:
   • Type: Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift
   • Host: Your warehouse host
   • Database: Analytics database
   • Username/Password: Service account

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Create LookML Project

1. Develop → Manage LookML Projects
2. New Project
3. Connect to Git
4. Initialize Project

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Define Your First View

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Create Explore

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Build Dashboard

1. Explore → Orders
2. Run Query
3. Save → Add to Dashboard
4. Customize Visualizations

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Next: Best Practices

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