Looker Extension, Tabbed and Nested-Tabbed Dashboard

[sokpara]

Hello Community,

I hope this message finds you well. I am currently working on a project that requires the development of a nested-tabbed dashboard in Looker, and I'm reaching out to see if anyone has successfully implemented this feature.

While I have come across examples of standard tabbed dashboards using the Looker extension with the React framework, I have not found any resources or guidance on creating nested tabbed dashboards. The functionality I'm aiming for involves organizing multiple layers of tabs for improved navigation and data presentation within the dashboard.

If you have any experience with this or can point me toward relevant documentation, examples, or even share your insights on how to approach this challenge, it would be greatly appreciated. Time is of the essence for this project, so any help would be invaluable. Thank you in advance for your support!

[dsimeonova]

Hey @sokpara !
I highly recommend you to check the article written by Izzy Miller: https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Exploring-Curating-Data/New-dashboards-beta-HTML-options/td-...
It's the most used way (at least during the last 5 years that i'm working with Looker) to create a menu illusion on a dashboard in Looker. You will need to create a very similar menu in each dashboard that should appear on the menu. And additionally to retouch a little bit each html code on each dashboard if you want the typical box or line that shows in which dashboard you are. For the users it looks like a menu that help you to jump from one dashboard to another but on the backside for the developers it's just 2 dashboards that has links on the top on a menu.
The article can inspire you some ideas of what you can achieve.

Hope it helped you and i am still on time.
Good luck and please share if it helped you and any screenshot of what you achieved is welcomed to be shared here 🤓
Kind regards,
Desi

[GavinW]

Just to mention also that when the new dashboard experience is Generally Available in Looker shortly, you will be able to use Studio-style dashboards with your LookML-modelled data that allow you to have tabbed dashboards.

Also, there is this other approach in Looker right now using Looker components. 

[dsimeonova]

Thanks @GavinW for the reply!!
Will be definitely taking a look once in a while to see those Studio-style dashboards in Looker 🤓

[sokpara]

Hi @GavinW , Thank you for sharing. I have used an alternative approach to incorporating Looker components and successfully created a tabbed dashboard. However, this setup does not support nested tabs (tabs within tabs). Is there a link or publication regarding the new Looker dashboard experience? I am currently working as a Data Architect for a Google Partner organization.

[GavinW]

There is no specific documentation yet around this, but in principle the new reports available in  Looker should work identically to Studio reports - and you can see the documentation around how to create multi-page reports in Studio here.