Best Practice Create a Positive Experience for Looker Users

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• Author: google.com
• Full Title:: Best Practice: Create a Positive Experience for Looker Users
• Category:: 🗞️Articles
• Document Tags:: Looker,
• URL:: https://cloud.google.com/looker/docs/best-practices/how-to-create-a-positive-experience-for-looker-users#3
• Finished date:: 2024-01-07

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Hide any Explores that exist solely for populating specific Looks, dashboard tiles, or filters using the hidden parameter for Explores. Explores that are not meant for exploration by users should be hidden from the user interface. (View Highlight)

Use the fewest number of Explores possible while still allowing users to easily get access to the answers they need. Consider splitting out Explores into different models for different audiences to limit the options available for each user group. The optimal number of Explores is different for every business, but having too many Explores tends to confuse users. Consider using the group_label parameter for Explores within a model, which will let you group them in a sensible way within the Explore drop-down menu. (View Highlight)