MCP Toolbox for Databases

--- title: "looker-add-dashboard-element" type: docs weight: 1 description: > "looker-add-dashboard-element" creates a dashboard element in the given dashboard. aliases: - /resources/tools/looker-add-dashboard-element --- ## About The `looker-add-dashboard-element` tool creates a new tile (element) within an existing Looker dashboard. Tiles are added in the order this tool is called for a given `dashboard_id`. CRITICAL ORDER OF OPERATIONS: 1. Create the dashboard using `make_dashboard`. 2. Add any dashboard-level filters using `add_dashboard_filter`. 3. Then, add elements (tiles) using this tool. It's compatible with the following sources: - [looker](../../sources/looker.md) ## Example ```yaml tools: add_dashboard_element: kind: looker-add-dashboard-element source: looker-source description: | This tool creates a new tile (element) within an existing Looker dashboard. Tiles are added in the order this tool is called for a given `dashboard_id`. CRITICAL ORDER OF OPERATIONS: 1. Create the dashboard using `make_dashboard`. 2. Add any dashboard-level filters using `add_dashboard_filter`. 3. Then, add elements (tiles) using this tool. Required Parameters: - dashboard_id: The ID of the target dashboard, obtained from `make_dashboard`. - model_name, explore_name, fields: These query parameters are inherited from the `query` tool and are required to define the data for the tile. Optional Parameters: - title: An optional title for the dashboard tile. - pivots, filters, sorts, limit, query_timezone: These query parameters are inherited from the `query` tool and can be used to customize the tile's query. - vis_config: A JSON object defining the visualization settings for this tile. The structure and options are the same as for the `query_url` tool's `vis_config`. Connecting to Dashboard Filters: A dashboard element can be connected to one or more dashboard filters (created with `add_dashboard_filter`). To do this, specify the `name` of the dashboard filter and the `field` from the element's query that the filter should apply to. The format for specifying the field is `view_name.field_name`. ``` ## Reference | **field** | **type** | **required** | **description** | |:------------|:--------:|:------------:|----------------------------------------------------| | kind | string | true | Must be "looker-add-dashboard-element". | | source | string | true | Name of the source the SQL should execute on. | | description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |