A Fresh Look at Looker for BI Modernization | June Good Bits

Introduction

In order to sustain the changing data landscape, organizations are looking for ways to advance their Business Intelligence capabilities. With a wide variety of tools available in the market, understanding which options best meet your specific needs and objectives can seem overwhelming.

This newsletter takes a look at Looker, the BI tool offered by Google. For customers using BigQuery, there are many advantages to integrating Looker for BI or replacing existing tools. We’ll highlight some reasons why our clients are making the switch to Looker and discuss challenges with migrating to Looker and how Bitwise can help with the transition. Learn more in our BI Modernization with Looker and Bitwise Webinar.

Why Looker is a good option for BI modernization 

Looker facilitates a reusable data model that is highly efficient within the BigQuery / GCP ecosystem and can improve your data-driven decision-making. It offers a modern approach to BI migration that can deliver faster query performance, often achieving up to 10x improved speeds.  

If your current BI tools are limiting your analytics capabilities, Looker can be a great option to enrich your data capabilities. Looker’s compatibility with data sources and its ability to work alongside existing tools make it an ideal addition to your BI toolkit. Its robust data modeling and exploration features can provide a more comprehensive and flexible BI environment. 

Reasons why our customers are migrating to Looker 

Here are some of the reasons and why our clients move to Looker: 

• Centralized Modeling: Looker’s unique architecture centralizes data modeling, ensuring consistency and accuracy across the organization. This unified approach eliminates data silos and promotes a single source of truth that is one of the benefits of migrating to looker.
• Embedded Analytics: The tool offers powerful analytics capabilities, enabling users to perform sophisticated data explorations and derive actionable insights. Its intuitive interface empowers users of all skill levels to access and analyze data. 
• Scalability: Looker is built to scale business. Whether the company is handling a growing volume of data or increasing the number of users, Looker’s cloud-native infrastructure supports seamless scaling. 
• User Experience: By migrating tableau to looker can enhance collaboration by allowing users to share reports, dashboards, and insights effortlessly with features like drag-and-drop dashboards, Talend experience and external functionality. Looker integration with other tools facilitates a collaborative data culture within the organization. 

Migration Challenges   

Migrating to Looker, like any major platform change, can present challenges. This includes issues related to data model differences, user training, visualization variances and Excel migration.  

For example: Bitwise with Google helped a U.S.-based global financial services company to drive reporting and visualization adoption across an extensive user base by providing a better user experience of its Business Intelligence application with Looker. This reduced costs and increased their global revenue. 

At Bitwise, we understand the intricacies of migrating BI platforms and are here to support you every step of the way. Embrace the future of business intelligence with Looker and Bitwise. Let’s connect to develop a tailored migration strategy that aligns with your business objectives and minimizes disruption.

Stay safe and talk to you soon,

Bitwise Newsletter Team