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Looker Blocks and Dashboards overview
Cortex Framework offers
Looker Blocks for some of the
Cortex data sources.
Looker Blocks are prebuilt data models that can be used as
a starting point for quick and flexible data modeling in Looker.
Looker Blocks and Dashboards for Cortex Framework
are designed to provide immediate insights into your data. These blocks and
dashboards are built on top of the pre-configured data models and pipelines
within Cortex Framework, allowing you to quickly visualize and
analyze key metrics related to your business operation.
Key benefits
By utilizing these predefined blocks and dashboards, you can extract key
insights from your data. These blocks and dashboards can be tailored and
modified to align with your unique requirements and get the following benefits:
- Accelerate time to value: Gain insights without extensive
dashboard development.
- Get the best practice examples: Learn from well-designed visualizations
created by the Cortex team.
- Customize according to your needs: Customize the dashboards to fit your
specific needs and preferences.
- Extend your insights beyond operations: Integrate other
datasets in Cortex Framework, which provide reporting
views for enterprise data sources such as CRM and ERP systems.
Available Looker Blocks and Dashboards
This section shares the documentation and repositories available for the
Looker Blocks and Dashboards in Cortex Framework.
The following table contains the links for the Looker Blocks and
repositories available:
The following table contains the links for the documentation and
Looker Studio Dashboards available in Cortex Framework:
Looker Blocks and Dashboards deployment
While the prebuilt dashboards provide a solid foundation, you can customize
them to align with your specific reporting needs. For instructions about
deploying the Looker Block from each repository, see
Deploy Looker Blocks for Cortex Framework.
Consider that each data source might have some
Additional specifications for deployment
and you can find them in its corresponding documentation.
For getting the graphical insights from Dun & Bradstreet data source,
follow the instructions specified in
Looker Studio Dashboard for Dun & Bradstreet.
Support
For any requests or issues related the Looker Blocks for
Cortex Framework, reach out to the
Cortex team.
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Last updated 2025-08-25 UTC.
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