Leigha Jarett's guest appearances

Leigha Jarett

Google Cloud Platform Podcast

Data Science Imposters Podcast

Andrew Walker

Peter Norvig

Eric Anderson

Ken Jennings

John Bohannon

Manuel Lima

Margaret Mitchell

Jessie Frazelle

Joanna Smith

Juliet Hougland

Michelle Casbon

Jesse Houston

Mark Chmarny

Ville Aikas

Dale Markowitz

OwlTail

Debi Cabrera

Guests Leigha Jarett and Debi Cabrera from the Looker team join Mark Mirchandani this week to talk about this powerful tool. Looker, Google’s data analytics platform, was built to provide enterprise companies with customizable analytics tools that allow anyone to get the data they need when they need it. This facilitates better business decisions. Leigha talks about how Looker and LookML keep data consistent among data analysts no matter where they pull data from or what they do with it. Data is more trustworthy, fostering a positive data-driven business. She details how LookML works, from database connection to metric creation, and tells us how easy it is for non-data engineers to work with as well. Robust data analysis based on trusted data points used to drive decision making is how Looker builds an environment of business intelligence rather than simple reporting. By offering easy integration into other Google tools like Data Studio and BigQuery, Looker is easy to set up, learn, and use. Our guests help listeners navigate Looker’s Explore From Here functionality and explain how it could help them answer important business questions. With advanced admin permissioning, Looker also helps limit the chaos that comes with multiple people accessing the same data. Later, we hear real-world examples of companies taking the Looker journey. Our guests offer advice based on these experiences with clients and talk about how client feedback has influenced new Looker tools, like the Looker Tableau Connector that’s coming soon. We hear about the relationship between BigQuery and Looker and suggestions for companies newly embarking on their data journey. Leigha Jarett Leigha is a Product Manager for Looker’s application platform. She focuses on making Looker both simple and powerful for developers. Debi Cabrera Debi recently became a Developer Advocate after being at Looker for three years as an Engagement Manager and StratOps PgM. You can find her on Linkedin Cool things of the week  Introducing a Google Cloud architecture diagramming tool  blog Black History Month: Celebrating the success of Black founders with Google Cloud: DOSS  blog  Interview  Looker site LookML  site Data Studio site Looker Connect site Looker Documentation docs Looker Products Page site Tableau site Google Cloud Training  site Google Cloud Skills Boost  site Looker and BigQuery Important Considerations  whitepaper BigQuery Playlist videos Data Analytics Playlist  videos Looker Channel  videos Contact Google Cloud Support site Request a Free Trial site  What’s something cool you’re working on? Debi is planning her wedding! Hosts Mark Mirchandani and Debi Cabrera

Guests <a href="https://twitter.com/leighajarett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leigha Jarett</a> and Debi Cabrera from the Looker team join <a href="https://twitter.com/markmirch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Mirchandani</a> this week to talk about this powerful tool. Looker, Google’s data analytics platform, was built to provide enterprise companies with customizable analytics tools that allow anyone to get the data they need when they need it. This facilitates better business decisions. Leigha talks about how Looker and LookML keep data consistent among data analysts no matter where they pull data from or what they do with it. Data is more trustworthy, fostering a positive data-driven business. She details how LookML works, from database connection to metric creation, and tells us how easy it is for non-data engineers to work with as well. Robust data analysis based on trusted data points used to drive decision making is how Looker builds an environment of business intelligence rather than simple reporting. By offering easy integration into other Google tools like Data Studio and BigQuery, Looker is easy to set up, learn, and use. Our guests help listeners navigate Looker’s Explore From Here functionality and explain how it could help them answer important business questions. With advanced admin permissioning, Looker also helps limit the chaos that comes with multiple people accessing the same data. Later, we hear real-world examples of companies taking the Looker journey. Our guests offer advice based on these experiences with clients and talk about how client feedback has influenced new Looker tools, like the Looker Tableau Connector that’s coming soon. We hear about the relationship between BigQuery and Looker and suggestions for companies newly embarking on their data journey. Leigha Jarett <a href="https://twitter.com/leighajarett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leigha</a> is a Product Manager for Looker’s application platform. She focuses on making Looker both simple and powerful for developers. Debi Cabrera Debi recently became a Developer Advocate after being at Looker for three years as an Engagement Manager and StratOps PgM. You can find her on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/debi-cabrera-22320789/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linkedin</a> Cool things of the week <ul> <li>Introducing a Google Cloud architecture diagramming tool <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/introducing-google-cloud-architecture-diagramming-tool" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> <li>Black History Month: Celebrating the success of Black founders with Google Cloud: DOSS <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/startups/doss-makes-home-buying-and-selling-smarter-with-digital-real-estate-marketplace" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> </ul> Interview <ul> <li>Looker <a href="https://looker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>LookML <a href="https://looker.com/platform/data-modeling?_ga=2.230191580.1933206989.1645551224-1891715171.1643135076&amp;_gac=1.191282648.1644976819.Cj0KCQiAu62QBhC7ARIsALXijXQFlW7W9j5jBRJXD02QjlRRt8TAz7lTroun96PB5kKBz5UPLmdBjMIaAtgQEALw_wcB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> <li>Data Studio <a href="https://datastudio.google.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Looker Connect <a href="https://connect.looker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Looker Documentation <a href="https://docs.looker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">docs</a></li> <li>Looker Products Page <a href="https://cloud.google.com/looker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Tableau <a href="https://www.tableau.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Google Cloud Training <a href="https://cloud.google.com/training/class-schedule#/title=Analyzing_and_Visualizing_Data_in_Looker,Developing_Data_Models_with_LookML" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> <li>Google Cloud Skills Boost <a href="https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/catalog?keywords=Looker&amp;locale=&amp;format%5B%5D=any&amp;level%5B%5D=any&amp;duration%5B%5D=any&amp;modality%5B%5D=any&amp;language%5B%5D=any" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> <li>Looker and BigQuery Important Considerations <a href="https://info.looker.com/google-bigquery/looker-and-bigquery-important-considerations-google-cloud-whitepaper" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> whitepaper</a></li> <li>BigQuery Playlist <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/bigqueryspotlight" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">videos</a></li> <li>Data Analytics Playlist <a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/datascienceandanalyticsaccelerators" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> videos</a></li> <li>Looker Channel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1AIN4pUKbLzzMg8RKprtgQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> videos</a></li> <li>Contact Google Cloud Support <a href="https://cloud.google.com/contact/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Request a Free Trial <a href="https://cloud.google.com/resources/looker-free-trial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> </ul> What’s something cool you’re working on? Debi is planning her wedding! Hosts Mark Mirchandani and Debi Cabrera

Looker with Leigha Jarett and Debi Cabrera

Your hosts Stephanie Wong and Alicia Williams talk about BigQuery Admin Reference Guides with guest Leigha Jarett. Leigha tells us a bit about the origins of the Admin Reference Guide, which was developed to address frequent customer questions. The series of guides and videos covers onboarding topics from resource hierarchy and APIs to BigQuery tables and storage in an effort to help new admins get started. The team’s Reference Guide on tables helps admins understand the difference between federated and native tables, and Leigha tells our listeners some tips for using each type. Slots and reservations for workload management in BigQuery can be challenging to understand, but these Reference Guides and accompanying videos offer clear explanations. Optimizing projects for speed and monetary efficiency are important topics for any client, and Leigha and the optimization team have addressed these concerns as well. Tips for monitoring, data governance, and the secure sharing of data are also included in their video series, BigQuery Spotlight. We wrap up with a discussion on BigQuery APIs and how easy it is to integrate BigQuery and other Google products. Leigha Jarett Leigha is a developer advocate on the Google Cloud Data &amp; Analytics team. She focuses on making sure developers using tools like BigQuery and Looker are getting the most possible value from their data. Cool things of the week  Analyze Cloud Spanner data in BigQuery with federated queries  docs Release notes dataset in BigQuery docs and XML feed  Google Cloud release notes docs and XML feed Release notes in Cloud Console site Top 25 Google Search terms, now in BigQuery  blog    Interview  BigQuery Admin Reference Guide Blog Recap  site BigQuery Admin Reference Guide blog posts  site BigQuery Spotlight Video Series  videos BigQuery site BigQuery Documentation docs Cloud Spanner site Data Catalog site Apps Script site Looker site  What’s something cool you’re working on? Alicia is building new BigQuery architectures in order to understand the journey and identify potential pain areas that may need more support.

Your hosts <a href="https://twitter.com/stephr_wong" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephanie Wong</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/presactlyalicia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alicia Williams</a> talk about BigQuery Admin Reference Guides with guest <a href="https://twitter.com/leighajarett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leigha Jarett</a>. Leigha tells us a bit about the origins of the Admin Reference Guide, which was developed to address frequent customer questions. The series of guides and videos covers onboarding topics from resource hierarchy and APIs to BigQuery tables and storage in an effort to help new admins get started. The team’s Reference Guide on tables helps admins understand the difference between federated and native tables, and Leigha tells our listeners some tips for using each type. Slots and reservations for workload management in BigQuery can be challenging to understand, but these Reference Guides and accompanying videos offer clear explanations. Optimizing projects for speed and monetary efficiency are important topics for any client, and Leigha and the optimization team have addressed these concerns as well. Tips for monitoring, data governance, and the secure sharing of data are also included in their video series, BigQuery Spotlight. We wrap up with a discussion on BigQuery APIs and how easy it is to integrate BigQuery and other Google products. Leigha Jarett <a href="https://twitter.com/leighajarett" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leigha</a> is a developer advocate on the Google Cloud Data &amp; Analytics team. She focuses on making sure developers using tools like BigQuery and Looker are getting the most possible value from their data. Cool things of the week <ul> <li>Analyze Cloud Spanner data in BigQuery with federated queries <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/cloud-spanner-federated-queries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> docs</a></li> <li>Release notes dataset in BigQuery <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/release-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">docs</a> and <a href="https://cloud.google.com/feeds/bigquery-release-notes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">XML feed</a> <ul> <li>Google Cloud release notes <a href="https://cloud.google.com/release-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">docs</a> and <a href="https://cloud.google.com/feeds/gcp-release-notes.xml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">XML feed</a></li> <li>Release notes in Cloud Console <a href="https://console.cloud.google.com/release-notes?pli=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Top 25 Google Search terms, now in BigQuery <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/top-25-google-search-terms-now-in-bigquery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> blog</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> Interview <ul> <li>BigQuery Admin Reference Guide Blog Recap <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/developers-practitioners/bigquery-admin-reference-guide-recap" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> <li>BigQuery Admin Reference Guide blog posts <a href="https://cloud.google.com/blog/search;query=bigquery%20admin%20reference%20guide;paginate=25;order=newest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> site</a></li> <li>BigQuery Spotlight Video Series <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIivdWyY5sqLAbIdmcMwsxWg-w8Px34MS" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> videos</a></li> <li>BigQuery <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>BigQuery Documentation <a href="https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">docs</a></li> <li>Cloud Spanner <a href="https://cloud.google.com/spanner" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Data Catalog <a href="https://cloud.google.com/data-catalog" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Apps Script <a href="https://www.google.com/script/start/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> <li>Looker <a href="https://cloud.google.com/looker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">site</a></li> </ul> What’s something cool you’re working on? Alicia is building new BigQuery architectures in order to understand the journey and identify potential pain areas that may need more support.

BigQuery Admin Reference Guides with Leigha Jarett

Your company wants to catch up with the buzz of data science, machine learning, or artificial intelligence.  What do you do first?  Hire a PhD in Physics to build artificial intelligence algorithms?  Hire a team of consultants? Leigha Jarett join us to give us her view.  As an employee of Looker, she’s had this conversation with her clients many times.  Democratize your data. As always, we get to know our interviewee and hopefully Leigha teaches Antonio how to perform a hockey stop because we’re tired of him crashing to stop. In this data science podcast, we mix technology, data science, AI, and a bunch of other data in a casual conversation. 

Your company wants to catch up with the buzz of data science, machine learning, or artificial intelligence. What do you do first? Hire a PhD in Physics to build artificial intelligence algorithms? Hire a team of consultants? Leigha Jarett join us to give us her view. As an employee of Looker, she’s had this conversation with her clients many times. Democratize your data. As always, we get to know our interviewee and hopefully Leigha teaches Antonio how to perform a hockey stop because we’re tired of him crashing to stop. In this data science podcast, we mix technology, data science, AI, and a bunch of other data in a casual conversation.

Democratize your data. Do this first to get real results…. (w/ Leigha Jarett)