docs/en/integrations/looker/tools/looker-update-dashboard-element.md
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.
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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.
| field | type | required | description |
|---|---|---|---|
| type | string | true | Must be "looker-update-dashboard-element". |
| source | string | true | Name of the Looker source. |
| description | string | true | Description of the tool that is passed to the LLM. |