How to sync a LookML Dashboards with a UDD Dashboards using the API (Community)

View the original community article here

Last tested: Aug 26, 2019
 

You may find yourself in a situation where you want to make changes to a User Defined Dashboard, and have those changes be reflected in an existing LookML Dashboard. This is possible via the API:

1. dashboard()
   1. Insert the UDD id and run
   2. Copy the Response Body
2. update_dashboard()
   1. Insert the Response Body from step 1 with one modification:
   2. Insert the LookML Dashboard ID (the part after the :: in the LookML Dashboard url) into the lookml_link_id parameter and run
3. dashboard()
   1. Insert the LookML Dashboard ID and run
   2. Copy the Response Body
4. sync_lookml_dashboard()
   1. Paste the Response Body from step 3
   2. You should see the UDD ID in the response body, confirming the sync has been successful.