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Google Associate Data Practitioner Exam - Topic 4 Question 3 Discussion

Actual exam question for Google's Associate Data Practitioner exam
Question #: 3
Topic #: 4
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Your company uses Looker as its primary business intelligence platform. You want to use LookML to visualize the profit margin for each of your company's products in your Looker Explores and dashboards. You need to implement a solution quickly and efficiently. What should you do?

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Suggested Answer: B

Defining a new measure in LookML to calculate the profit margin using the existing revenue and cost fields is the most efficient and straightforward solution. This approach allows you to dynamically compute the profit margin directly within your Looker Explores and dashboards without needing to pre-calculate or create additional tables. The measure can be defined using LookML syntax, such as:

measure: profit_margin {

type: number

sql: (revenue - cost) / revenue ;;

value_format: '0.0%'

}

This method is quick to implement and integrates seamlessly into your existing Looker model, enabling accurate visualization of profit margins across your products.


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Dominic
6 days ago
Totally agree, defining a new measure is efficient!
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Jutta
12 days ago
I think option B is the best choice for calculating profit margin directly.
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Truman
17 days ago
Applying a filter sounds like it could help narrow down the results, but it doesn't actually calculate the profit margin, right? I think we need to focus on the measure instead.
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King
23 days ago
I remember a practice question where we had to categorize products. But in this case, it feels like just calculating the margin directly would be more efficient.
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Kristofer
28 days ago
I'm not entirely sure, but creating a derived table could be useful if we need to do more complex calculations later on.
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Rosann
1 month ago
I think defining a new measure for profit margin using revenue and cost makes the most sense. It seems like the quickest way to get the data we need.
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Marget
1 month ago
I'm a little confused by the question. Do we need to show the actual profit margin values, or just categorize the products based on their margins? I'm leaning towards option C, but I want to make sure I fully understand the requirements first.
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Arlen
1 month ago
Okay, I've got this! Creating a derived table to pre-calculate the profit margin seems like the most efficient solution. That way, I don't have to worry about the calculation in my Looker model, and I can just focus on the visualization.
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Eloisa
1 month ago
Hmm, I'm a bit unsure about this one. I'm not super familiar with Looker, so I'll need to think through the pros and cons of each approach carefully. Maybe I'll start by reviewing the Looker documentation on measures and dimensions.
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Mary
1 month ago
This looks like a straightforward question about visualizing profit margin in Looker. I think I'll go with option B and define a new measure to calculate the profit margin directly.
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Junita
9 months ago
Haha, I bet the product team is really hoping we all choose B. They're probably tired of explaining profit margins to the sales team!
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Curtis
9 months ago
D) Filtering out negative profit margin products might be helpful, but it doesn't give you the full picture. I'd go with B.
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Tamra
8 months ago
A) Yeah, creating a new measure seems like the most efficient way to visualize the profit margins accurately.
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My
8 months ago
B) That sounds like a good idea. It would give us more flexibility in analyzing the profit margins.
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Ellsworth
8 months ago
B) Define a new measure that calculates the profit margin by using the existing revenue and cost fields.
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Nida
8 months ago
A) Create a derived table that pre-calculates the profit margin for each product, and include it in the Looker model.
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Leah
9 months ago
C) Categorizing products by profit margin ranges could be useful, but it doesn't directly answer the question of visualizing the actual profit margin.
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Helga
8 months ago
D) Apply a filter to only show products with a positive profit margin.
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An
8 months ago
B) Define a new measure that calculates the profit margin by using the existing revenue and cost fields.
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Meghann
8 months ago
A) Create a derived table that pre-calculates the profit margin for each product, and include it in the Looker model.
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Arlette
9 months ago
I prefer option D as it filters out products with negative profit margins, focusing on the positive ones.
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Martina
9 months ago
I think option C could also be useful to categorize products based on profit margin ranges.
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Lashaun
9 months ago
A) Creating a derived table is overkill for this use case. Why add more complexity when you can just define a new measure?
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Renato
9 months ago
B) Define a new measure that calculates the profit margin by using the existing revenue and cost fields.
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Rodrigo
9 months ago
A) Creating a derived table is overkill for this use case. Why add more complexity when you can just define a new measure?
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Erick
10 months ago
I disagree, I believe option B is more efficient as it calculates the profit margin using existing data.
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Jacquline
10 months ago
B) Definitely the way to go! Calculating the profit margin on the fly is the most efficient solution.
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Kimberlie
9 months ago
User2: I agree, that would be the most efficient solution.
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Tawna
9 months ago
User1: I think we should create a derived table to pre-calculate profit margins.
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Claribel
10 months ago
I think option A is the best choice because it pre-calculates the profit margin for each product.
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