An Introduction to Looker Blocks and LookML

The text discusses how Fivetran, a company that provides standardized data connectors, partners with business intelligence platforms like Looker to offer customers a full data stack. This partnership allows users to conduct plug-and-play analyses using Looker Blocks and standardized schemas from Fivetran's connectors. The text also explains the LookML language used by Looker for data modeling, its taxonomy, and how it can be used to build models, views, dashboards, and visualizations. It provides a simple example of building a Salesforce data visualization using LookML. The author emphasizes that this is just the beginning of what can be achieved with Looker Blocks and Fivetran's standardized schemas, encouraging users to explore more thorough examples and attend training sessions like the Looker Developer Bootcamp.