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- Explore · Feature
- Explore · Concept
- explore · Feature · Looker permission
Also called: ad hoc Explore, data model Explore, Ex, Explore page, explore permission, Explores, LookML view
The interactive query and visualization interface in Looker.
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In 1 of 5 domains
~15% of exam
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FoundationsBuilding blocksThis topicWorks alongsideAppliedLookerServiceGoogle SecOpsServiceBigQueryServiceSQL RunnerFeatureUnified Data ModelConceptBigQuery BI EngineService
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- Explore is part of Looker From the official documentation: “Ex = [Explore](/looker/docs/creating-and-editing-explores)”
- Explore works with SQL Runner From the official documentation: “From SQL Runner you can get fast insight into the data by creating an ad hoc Explore for a SQL query or database table.”
- Data Studio works with Explore From the official documentation: “View Looker Explore data in Data Studio”
- Explore depends on Unified Data Model From the official documentation: “Each data model is a Looker Explore that defines a subset of UDM fields.”
- Look depends on Explore From the official documentation: “Each Look or dashboard query is based on a [model](/looker/docs/model-and-view-files#model_files) and an [Explore](/looker/docs/creating-and-editing-explores).”
- BigQuery works with Cloud SQL From the official documentation: “Add credentials to connect BigQuery to Cloud SQL.”
- 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.”
- Cloud SQL works with Looker From the official documentation: “To get started, see [Use Looker with Cloud SQL](/sql/docs/sqlserver/looker).”
- BigQuery works with Google SecOps From the official documentation: “Google SecOps exports the following categories of data to your BigQuery project:”
- Unified Data Model is part of Google SecOps From the official documentation: “The UDM is a Google Security Operations standard data structure that stores information about data received from sources.”
- BigQuery works with BigQuery BI Engine From the official documentation: “BigQuery BI Engine lets you perform fast, low-latency analysis services and interactive analytics with reports and dashboards backed by BigQuery.”
- BigQuery BI Engine is part of BigQuery From the official documentation: “BI Engine acceleration is part of BigQuery job processing.”
- Google SecOps works with Unified Data Model From the official documentation: “Google SecOps normalizes incoming SAP logs into the Unified Data Model (UDM) so that you can search for data and run detections.”
- Look is part of Looker From the official documentation: “In Looker, a [Look](/looker/docs/saving-and-editing-looks) is a single query that was previously saved.”
- BigQuery works with SQL Runner From the official documentation: “SQL Runner displays a search box under the selected **Schema** (or **Dataset**, for [Google BigQuery](/looker/docs/db-config-google-bigquery) connections).”
- BigQuery BI Engine works with Data Studio From the official documentation: “BI Engine integrates with Data Studio to accelerate data exploration and analysis.”
- BigQuery BI Engine works with Looker From the official documentation: “If you are using [BigQuery BI Engine](/bigquery/docs/bi-engine-intro) with Looker, you can use the **Query Performance Metrics** Explore to view database-specific information about your queries.”
- Cloud SQL works with Data Studio From the official documentation: “Data Studio supports both public and private IP connections to PostgreSQL on Cloud SQL.”
- Cloud SQL works with Google SecOps From the official documentation: “This document describes how fields of Cloud SQL context logs map to Google Security Operations Unified Data Model (UDM) fields.”
- 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 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).”
- Google SecOps works with Looker From the official documentation: “View both predefined Google SecOps SOAR reports and advanced reports using<br>Looker”
- SQL Runner is part of Looker From the official documentation: “SQL = [SQL Runner](/looker/docs/sql-runner-basics)”
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