In Looker 7.18, we released a new dashboard experience for general availability. Our new dashboards have a fresh, modern look and feel; customizable, user-friendly filters; a new dashboard creation experience and editing flow; and much-improved performance. For any versions earlier than Looker 7.18, the New Dashboard Experience Labs feature must still be enabled.
If you previously enabled the New Dashboard Experience Labs feature, you are already familiar with these kinds of dashboards. They were referred to as dashboards (beta).
Dashboards using our legacy dashboard experience will not be automatically changed, but if users have edit access for dashboards, they can upgrade them to new dashboards via the dashboard 's gear menu, or in bulk within a folder.
Newly created dashboards default to the new dashboard experience. However, if the Revert to Legacy Dashboards legacy feature is enabled, users with edit access for dashboards can revert dashboards to the legacy dashboard experience once they are created
The Revert to Legacy Dashboards legacy feature is automatically enabled until Looker 21.0. Starting in Looker 21.0, it is disabled by default.
The table below provides an overview of new dashboard functionality by Looker version.
| Dashboard-level functionality | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
| Reload data icon | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | This button has a new look. |
| Edit button | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | The edit dashboard button is now in the dashboard three-dot menu. |
| Clear cache and refresh | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Download dashboard as a PDF or CSV | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | There is one download menu option to download either PDF or CSV. |
| Get dashboard LookML (to convert to a LookML dashboard) | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Send and schedule the dashboard | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Alerts | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Can favorite dashboard | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Apply filters | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Dashboard last updated indicator | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | This indicator appears at the top right of the dashboard. |
| Support for all visualization types | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Contextual navigation | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Users can navigate to the folder where a dashboard is saved. |
| Pin to a board | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Now called Add to a board. |
| Cross-filtering | Labs beta feature | Labs beta feature | Labs beta feature | Supported | Supported | Cross-filtering is out of Labs and generally available in Looker 21.0. |
| View access settings | – | – | – | – | – | Not currently supported. |
| System Activity | – | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | As of Looker 21.4, you can also add filters to System Activity dashboards. |
| Dashboard editing | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
| Create new tile | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Add Look | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support | Users can add Looks to a dashboard from the Look but not from the dashboard itself. Any Looks on a legacy dashboard appear on the upgraded version of dashboards. |
| Add text tile | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | HTML in text tiles converted from legacy dashboards may not render as expected, especially if the HTML is referencing class names in element tags. See the Using Markdown in text tiles and HTML sanitization documentation pages for more information. |
| Rearrange tiles | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Resize tiles | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Edit dashboard filters | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | New and improved experience. |
| Add a new filter | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Choose which tiles a filter can update | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Build a string, date, or number filter | – | – | – | – | – | Only field filters are currently supported. |
| Create a filter from a field that belongs to an Explore that isn't used in the dashboard | – | – | – | – | – | Only filters using fields that belong to Explores used in the dashboard can be created. However, these kinds of filters built in legacy dashboards still work in upgraded dashboards. |
| Delete filter | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Reorder filters | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Filters can be reordered using drag and drop functionality. |
| Require filter values | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Linked filters (called faceted filters in legacy dashboards) | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Collapse filters | – | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Edit dashboard title | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | For upgraded dashboards, edit the dashboard title directly on the dashboard, not in the Settings menu. |
| Settings: Run on load on/off | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | For partial support, upgraded dashboards respect settings on legacy dashboards. |
| Settings: Dashboard autorefresh on/off | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | For partial support, upgraded dashboards respect settings on legacy dashboards. |
| Settings: Choose default time zone | Partial support | Partial support | Supported | Supported | Supported | For partial support, upgraded dashboards respect settings on legacy dashboards. |
| Move dashboard to trash from the dashboard menu | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Settings: Edit description | – | – | – | – | – | Not currently supported. |
| Tile-level functionality | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
| Tooltips on hover | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Explore from here | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Last updated indicator to show when the tile's data was last run (e.g., 18 min. ago) | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Drill into a data point | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Drill menu (with internal and external links) | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Data actions | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
Visual drilling using link |
– | – | – | – | Supported | |
| Download data from a tile | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Clear cache and refresh | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| View original Look | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Autorefresh individual tiles | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Bulk delete tiles | – | – | – | – | – | Not currently supported. |
| Edit filters on the tile level | – | – | – | – | – | Not currently supported. |
| Custom visualizations | Supported the Sandboxed custom visualizations Labs feature | Supported the Sandboxed custom visualizations Labs feature | Supported | Supported | Supported | Sandboxed custom visualizations became a legacy feature in Looker 7.20. After Looker 7.20, dashboards support custom visualizations imported through the admin panel. |
| Tile editing | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
| Edit tile or Look | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Delete tile | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Duplicate tile | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Add tile note | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Display location and collapse or expand tile note | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Hide a tile title | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Embedding | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
Embed by adding /embed to URL |
Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Apply embed themes to URL | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Apply embed theme if default theme exists | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Embedded navigation | – | – | – | – | – | Will be supported in the first half of 2021. |
| Preview embed | – | – | – | – | – | This feature has been deprecated — previews can be viewed by adding /embed to the URL. |
| Edit embed settings | – | – | – | – | – | This feature has been deprecated — embed settings can be edited through themes now. |
| Permissions | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
| Content access permissions | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Functionality permissions | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Model permissions | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| General | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
| Convert between legacy and upgraded dashboards | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Unique dashboard ID | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Public APIs | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Works with Content Validator | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| LookML dashboards | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Dashboard format is configured by the preferred_viewer parameter. Filter controls are configured by the ui_config subparameter of filters. |
| Localizable | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support | Partial support | Supported | |
| Labs beta features | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
| Marketplace | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Slack App | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| SQL Runner Vis | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Visual Drilling | – | – | – | – | – | As of Looker 21.4, dashboards support visual drilling through the use of the link parameter, without the need to enable the Visual Drilling Labs feature. |
| Labs experimental features | Looker 7.16 | Looker 7.18 | Looker 7.20 | Looker 21.0 | Looker 21.4 | Notes |
| Custom Fields | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Dashboards in Drill Menus | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Currently supported, but feature will be deprecated. |
| Instant Dashboards | – | – | – | – | – | Not currently supported. |
| Trend Lines in Visualizations | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | |
| Render Long Tables | – | – | – | – | Supported | Render Long Tables optimizes downloads of dashboards that contain long tables and that have the Expand tables to show all rows option enabled. |