You were familiar with Cognos Analytics for creating visualizations and dashboards; however, depending on your project and employer requirements, you may need to use other BI tools for the job, such as Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, Google Looker Studio, Zoho Analytics etc.

To help you develop additional experience in this optional lesson you will work with Google Looker Studio which you can get started with at no charge.

Although it is not required for you to complete this lesson to successfully complete the course, there is an option in the final project to use either Cognos Analytics or Google Looker Studio. Therefore, if you prefer to complete the final project using Looker we recommend that you complete this lesson and attempt all the labs in it.