In the fast-paced world of data-driven decision-making, efficiency is key. Looker, Google Cloud's powerful business intelligence and data visualization platform, has always been at the forefront of empowering organizations to explore and understand their data. With Looker Actions, teams trigger workflows from Looks, Explores, and dashboards, turning trusted, governed insights into action.
What are Looker Actions?
Looker Actions are a feature that allows you to seamlessly integrate Looker with the applications and services your teams use, using prebuilt or custom actions. By embedding actions directly into your Looker dashboards, you can update records and trigger workflows in external systems without ever leaving Looker. Imagine being able to update a CRM record, send a Slack notification, or trigger a data pipeline with just a click from your Looker dashboard.
Key benefits of Looker Actions
- Streamlined workflows: eliminate the need to switch between multiple applications and manually transfer data. Looker Actions allow you to complete tasks and initiate processes directly from your Looker environment, with model-aware context, saving valuable time and reducing the risk of errors.
- Enhanced collaboration: empower your teams to take action on insights in real-time. By making it easy to trigger workflows from Looker, you enable faster and more informed decision-making across your organization.
- Increased productivity: automate routine tasks and free up your team to focus on more strategic initiatives. Looker Actions can help you optimize your workflows and improve overall productivity.
- Improved data governance: maintain control over your data and ensure compliance by centralizing actions and workflows within Looker.
Use cases for Looker Actions
The possibilities with Looker Actions are endless. Here are a few examples of how Datwave can help you leverage this powerful feature to transform your workflows:
- Sales & marketing: update CRM records, trigger email campaigns, and create tasks in project management tools directly from Looker.
- Customer support: create or update support tickets, send notifications to team members, and update customer records without leaving Looker.
- Operations: initiate data pipelines, trigger alerts, and update inventory levels from within your Looker dashboards.
- AI & Predictive Analytics: send contextual data to Vertex AI or other ML endpoints, enabling direct model execution and feedback integration from within Looker.
Conclusion
Looker Actions empower you to act on insights and streamline workflows, turning dashboards into operational surfaces with built in governance. By integrating Looker with the tools and services you use every day, you can unlock new levels of efficiency, collaboration, and productivity.
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Lorenzo Sioli | BI Specialist @Datwave
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