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:
| Type | Data source | Documentation | Repository |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operational | SAP | Looker Block for SAP | block-cortex-sap |
| Salesforce Sales Cloud (SFDC) | Looker Block for Salesforce Sales Cloud | block-cortex-salesforce |
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| Oracle EBS | Looker Block for Oracle EBS | block-cortex-oracle-ebs |
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| Marketing | Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) | Looker Block for Salesforce Marketing Cloud | block-cortex-sfmc |
| Meta (Facebook, Instagram, and Facebook Audience Network) | Looker Block for Meta | block-cortex-meta |
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| YouTube (with DV360) | Looker Block for YouTube (with DV360) | block-cortex-youtube |
The following table contains the links for the documentation and Looker Studio Dashboards available in Cortex Framework:
| Type | Data source | Documentation | Looker Studio Dashboard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sustainability | Dun & Bradstreet | Looker Studio Dashboard for Dun & Bradstreet | Vendor ESG Performance with SAP ERP and Dun & Bradstreet data |
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.