Looker Explores
The Explores home is similar to the one for tables.
Fields are described by:
- Name: name of the field (contains the view name)
- Description (from Looker)
- Role: Explore fields are either "dimensions" or "measures"
- Type: nature of the field (for example, string, integer, etc.)
Details
At the right, the Details menu summarizes key attributes of the selected Explore. It is visible from all tabs.
- Certified: Admins can mark a dashboard as certified to indicate documentation has been reviewed
- Deprecated: Admins can mark a dashboard as deprecated to prevent users from using it
- Favorites: You can mark Explores as favorites
- Dashboard button: link to Explore
- Owners: you can be assigned as the owner of an Explore
- Popularity: computed based on the number of views
- Description: short description of the Explore
- Tags: tags can be used to describe Explores. They are common for all users of a company.
- Source: always Looker for an Explore
Read Me
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Lineage
Lineage graphs show you:
- the link between Explore and their related tables and dashboards
You can also look at the lists of:
- Sources: travel up the lineage to its peak
- Parents: tables used to create this Explore
- Children: dashboards leveraging this Explore
Comments
To easily collaborate and communicate between users, each Explore has a Comments section.
History
A log of changes is kept under the History tab.
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