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savage · 05-20-2015

Looker has created this block to make analyzing data easier and more efficient. This Data Block is made available on an “as is” basis, meaning there will not be updates moving forward.About This BlockOne of the most common requests we receive at Look...

savage · 06-22-2018

@Tim_Pansino A look contains a single query_id, which which will contain all the filters that were saved in the original look. However, you could extract the query defintion from the Look API endpoint, and then modify the query via the Query API endp...

savage · 08-09-2016

Yup, you’re right - I’ve actually been meaning to replace the SQL here with something a bit more efficient and clean. Performance isn’t a huge issue here, since the big nasty query can happen overnight, but still a good practice

savage · 08-03-2016

Hey @ross2 - there’s not a super easy way to do that at the moment, but stay tuned for some upcoming chart improvements which will offer more flexibility for things like this 

savage · 04-19-2016

@Oliver1 That’s exactly right - it would look something like this: - dimension: months_since_signup type: number sql: datediff('month',${users.created_raw},${order_items.created_raw}) By the way - it’s worth noting that a slightly simpler version of ...

savage · 08-31-2015

Hey Michael! Extends works with a ‘copy and merge’ approach. So imagine I have these two objects: - explore: foo persist_for: '12 hours' extends: bar - explore: bar persist_for: '5 minutes' First, Looker will combine all the YAML properties of foo an...

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