looker-update-dashboard-element

“looker-update-dashboard-element” updates an existing element in a Looker dashboard.

About

The looker-update-dashboard-element tool updates an existing query element (tile) in a Looker dashboard. It reconstructs the query for the element using the provided parameters and updates its title and visualization configuration.

Compatible Sources

This tool can be used with the following database sources:

Source Name
Looker Source

Example

kind: tool
name: update_dashboard_element
type: looker-update-dashboard-element
source: looker-source
description: |
  This tool updates an existing query element (tile) in a Looker dashboard.
  It reconstructs the query for the element using the provided parameters
  and updates its title and visualization configuration.

  Required Parameters:
  - dashboard_id: The ID of the dashboard containing the element.
  - dashboard_element_id: The ID of the element to update.
  - model, explore, fields: These query parameters define the data for the tile.

  Optional Parameters:
  - title: The new title for the dashboard tile.
  - pivots, filters, sorts, limit, tz: These query parameters customize the tile's query.
  - vis_config: A JSON object defining the visualization settings.
  - dashboard_filters: An array of dashboard filters to connect to this element.

Reference

fieldtyperequireddescription
typestringtrueMust be “looker-update-dashboard-element”.
sourcestringtrueName of the Looker source.
descriptionstringtrueDescription of the tool that is passed to the LLM.



Last modified August 14, 2026: chore(main): release 1.9.0 (#3744) (5de8f13)