Explore on Associate Data Practitioner — study topic

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Dashboard and Look creation. Be ready to understand how an Explore query serves as the basis for a saved Look or can be saved directly as a new dashboard and its first tile.
Required user permissions and integrations. Know that interacting with queries across Explores, or using them within Connected Sheets for Looker, requires appropriate roles and the explore permission.
Drilling into query detail. You may need to recognize how drilling enables users to select specific dimension or measure values within an Explore to inspect more granular row details.

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Section 2
Data Analysis and Presentation
1. 2.2Visualize data and create dashboards in Looker given business requirements
  - Manipulate simple LookML parameters to modify a data model

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Data Studio works with Explore From the official documentation: “View Looker Explore data in Data Studio”
Explore is part of Looker From the official documentation: “Ex = [Explore](/looker/docs/creating-and-editing-explores)”
Explore is part of Looker (Google Cloud core) From the official documentation: “In Looker, click **Main menu** menu to expand the main navigation menu. 2. In the main navigation menu, select **Explore**.”
Explore is part of LookML model From the official documentation: “Each LookML model consists of a single database connection, and one or more Explores.”
BigQuery works with Data Studio From the official documentation: “Select the BigQuery [connector](/data-studio/connector).”
BigQuery works with Looker From the official documentation: “Connect Looker to the BigQuery project.”
BigQuery works with Identity and Access Management From the official documentation: “BigQuery uses Identity and Access Management (IAM) for authorization.”
BigQuery works with Looker (Google Cloud core) From the official documentation: “If your Looker instance relies on BigQuery, you must explicitly grant the required BigQuery roles to your Looker service agent:”
BigQuery BI Engine is part of BigQuery From the official documentation: “BI Engine acceleration is part of BigQuery job processing.”
BigQuery BI Engine works with Looker From the official documentation: “The BI Engine seamlessly integrates with any business intelligence (BI) tools, including Looker.”
Data Studio works with Looker From the official documentation: “See the [Connecting to Data Studio](/looker/docs/looker-studio-connector) documentation page to learn more about connecting Looker and Data Studio.”
Data Studio works with Looker Explore From the official documentation: “With the Looker connector in Data Studio, you can create a [data source](/looker/docs/studio/about-data-sources) that lets you view and analyze data from a Looker Explore within Data Studio.”
BigQuery works with BigQuery BI Engine From the official documentation: “Integrating BI Engine with Tableau Desktop lets you build fast, interactive reports and dashboards backed by BigQuery.”
BigQuery works with LookML model From the official documentation: “Looker creates a LookML model of the data and persists the data by writing it to the BigQuery or Snowflake database that is [specified by your Looker admin](/looker/docs/admin-panel-self-service-explore#enable_self-service_explores) or that you specify during the upload process…”
BigQuery BI Engine works with Data Studio From the official documentation: “BI Engine integrates with Data Studio to accelerate data exploration and analysis.”
dashboard is part of Looker From the official documentation: “D = [Dashboard](/looker/docs/dashboards)”
dashboard is part of Looker (Google Cloud core) From the official documentation: “Learn how to create a dashboard with sample data from the **Intermediate Ecommerce** Explore in the [sample LookML project](/looker/docs/looker-core-sample-project) on your Looker (Google Cloud core) instance.”
Data Studio depends on Identity and Access Management From the official documentation: “Access to Data Studio assets (reports and data sources) is based on the Google Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) system.”
Data Studio is an alternative to Looker From the official documentation: “You can also [export these recommendations to BigQuery](/recommender/docs/bq-export/export-recommendations-to-bq) and then examine them using [Data Studio](/bigquery/docs/visualize-looker-studio) or [Looker](/bigquery/docs/looker).”
Data Studio works with Looker Studio connector From the official documentation: “Use the Looker connector to create a Looker data source in Data Studio”
Identity and Access Management secures BigQuery From the official documentation: “Security in BigQuery is intrinsically linked to [Identity and Access Management (IAM)](/iam/docs/overview) in Google Cloud.”
Identity and Access Management works with Looker (Google Cloud core) From the official documentation: “Looker (Google Cloud core) uses Identity and Access Management (IAM) to provision user and admin access through a set of [IAM roles](#iam-roles).”
Looker Explore is part of Looker From the official documentation: “Enter the URL for the Looker instance that contains the Looker Explore that you want to connect to.”
Looker Explore works with Looker Studio connector From the official documentation: “The Looker [connector](/data-studio/connector) lets you add a Looker [Explore](/looker/docs/glossary#explore) as a [data source](/data-studio/data-source) so that you can analyze Looker data from within Data Studio.”
Looker (Google Cloud core) is part of Looker From the official documentation: “There are two Looker versions that are hosted by Looker:”
Looker Studio connector is part of Data Studio From the official documentation: “This page covers the following topics about the Looker connector in Data Studio:”
Looker Studio connector is part of Looker From the official documentation: “Enable the Looker connector in the Looker instance”

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