# What is Looker used for?

What is Looker used for?

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- Posted at: almost 3 years ago
- Author title: Pinned by G2 as a common question



## Comments
### Comment 1

Looker is a cloud-based Business Intelligence (BI) tool used for data visualization, custom dashboarding, and analytics. It connects directly to data warehouses (like Snowflake or BigQuery) and uses LookML to create standardized metrics for company-wide reporting.

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- Posted at: about 1 month ago
- Author title: student



### Comment 2

Looker is used to explore, analyze, and visualize data. It helps create dashboards and reports to understand business performance and make better decisions. It connects directly to databases, so you can work with real-time data.

##### Comment Metadata
- Posted at: about 2 years ago
- Author title: Accounts Executive | Advanced Excel | Power BI |Google Datastudio| Financial Data Analyst | MIS| SAP FICO |




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