Looker

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

The main feature that differentiates Looker from other Business Intelligence tools is its LookML modeling layer. It assists in analyzing the reporting and makes it consistent to unify the data-metrics link. It further aids all the workers to work through a single source. Moreover, it keeps its focus on database analysis without extracting data.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect about this Looker is its centralized data modeling layer LookML. This aspect ensures the functioning of every worker from a single source to keep the consistency in the data. This helps sort out the issues that are normally generated due to the formation of reports from the data handled by different teams in different ways. Its ability to learn easily and deal with live data makes it preferable for me.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is very user-friendly software and easy to learn. Although it is filled with all the latest features it comes with complete guidance regarding their working. Its customer service is very efficient in assisting its users in real time. So for me, there is nothing to dislike about it.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a good to go for all those having issues with business intelligence. To utilize its features fully, one should learn some basic technical skills. By getting an initial understanding, data analysts can fully leverage Looker. All the given policies and tutorials help in insight into its functioning.

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Google Looker has an intuitive interface to build dashboards, a full SaaS offering with horizontal and vertical scaling, and also a code based semantic model for reusability.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Semantic model and ease of building dashboards.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Report bursting is a little more cumbersome as we need to use a webhook for some of our use cases.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Work with a good implementation partner and take the Google Cloud Skills Boost training to get up to speed.

What differentiates Looker from other similar products?

Honestly, competing tools offer very similar capabilities. In my opinion, Looker stands out with its interface; it's very clear. There's no chaos that makes it difficult to focus on the data. Everything is perfectly organized.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of this product is the insight into real-time data. The ability to observe statistics after making changes to the environment allows me to quickly identify nuances and errors, as well as monitor whether the changes being implemented are proceeding correctly.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I really like this product and it's hard for me to point out an element I don't like, but I know that my colleagues often have problems setting up charts using SQL, which can be discouraging.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's definitely worth trying and assessing the value of analytical data. They can be more or less useful, but it depends on the environment in which they're used and whether they're used correctly.