Looker

Looker Takes Care Of The Hard Work

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Looker makes it easy for us to get tons of information out from our app, which contains lots of tables. We don't have to run anything. I love how LookML makes data manipulation and field creation a quick and painless process. It even makes it feel natural than me creating gross giant SQL queries by hand all the time. What aspects are problematic or could work better? Prior to working with Looker, I used to be an Excel-based analyst. ...

Even novice users can use this.

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? I love how I get to see the LookML for all the measures. This lets me verify that the calculations are done correctly. A majority of the procedures that we run are only understood by very few people. It's a big boost for me to ensure that we're making an accurate representation of our metrics. What aspects are problematic or could work better? There are certain navigational things that hasn't worked out in my favor. For instance, ...

Developers and business users will really enjoy using this.

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? It's really easy to use. Their customer support is amazing. It's actually one of those things that stand out most. Being an experienced developer, it's important to have a person to communicate with you right away. That way, you can save both time and patience. For the end user, it does a great job getting data insights. What aspects are problematic or could work better? There's nothing much to hate. Although there are some tiny ...

A tool that is data analytic and amazing to learn from.

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? I love the fact that Looker consistently tries to challenge to go further into data. It's very simple to use. I felt like this is an awesome tool for doing data analytics. If you use it intelligently, it can be a help boost your business as well your performance. What aspects are problematic or could work better? I hate how it doesn't offer me a lot of variables. You'll need to make a request just so you can get the ones you need ...

This Analytics Solution Does Everything As Advertised

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Looker provides high quality chat support available from 9 to 6. This feature has saved me on multiple occassions and is one of the reasons why I encourage other developers to switch to Looker. The tool is very versatile and comes with a dashboard that can be implemented for operations and executive. What aspects are problematic or could work better? I can't say anything that I dislike about the software. That said, there is always ...

This tool keeps us peeled in different areas of our business.

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? After doing a bit of setup, Looker lets you model any relevant data/metrics swiftly for business. We're using it to be updated with information regarding engagement and SasS application use. Their displays and graphs are visually appealing. They can easily be set up and modified. What aspects are problematic or could work better? In basic use cases, I was hoping Looker can automatically generate scheme for the end user. This would ...

A great tool to have!

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? The UI of this tool is so simple. It's also very easy to use. Looker comes with a plethora of online documentation. It makes easy to piece LookML together, making visualizations, and moving them to the dashboard. I was able to carry out Looker training sessions with my co-workers. What aspects are problematic or could work better? The only negative aspect I can encountered is that number of Explorers our team came up with. We had no ...

An analytics software that does plenty and so much more.

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? I love how their support works. Turns out, Looker has chat support that works 24/7. This saved me a lot of occassions. It's one of the biggest reasons why I highly recommend this software to everyone. I like how flexible this software is. I like how this tool can be utilized for the executive dashboard and operations. What aspects are problematic or could work better? There's nothing much to hate. This tool will always have room for ...

This tool is very accessible to the BI user.

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Looker makes it so much easy to accees transactional and customer data. Whether it's making dashboards or charts, our team in the marketing department is capable of leveraging insights on our current customers, their trends, and purchase history compared to BigQuery. What aspects are problematic or could work better? It's really simple for a business user to navigate with the tool. But that will all come down to well the technical ...

Innovative and versatile

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? Looker gives us unmatched flexibility and capability and it is quick to innovate, always adding new features. The premise of querying your database in real time is what we really love about Looker. This translates to transparency and easily shows us why a query isn't running or why results aren't as expected. What aspects are problematic or could work better? While their support team is fast and responsive, most of the time they ...