Version 4.0.24.20 (latest)
Datatype
Description
(object)
align
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The appropriate horizontal text alignment the values of this field should be displayed in. Valid values are: "left", "right".
can_filter
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Whether it's possible to filter on this field.
category
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Field category Valid values are: "parameter", "filter", "measure", "dimension".
default_filter_value
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The default value that this field uses when filtering. Null if there is no default value.
description
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Description
dimension_group
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Dimension group if this field is part of a dimension group. If not, this will be null.
drill_fields
enumerations
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label
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Label
value
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Value
error
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An error message indicating a problem with the definition of this field. If there are no errors, this will be null.
field_group_label
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A label creating a grouping of fields. All fields with this label should be presented together when displayed in a UI.
field_group_variant
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When presented in a field group via field_group_label, a shorter name of the field to be displayed in that context.
fill_style
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The style of dimension fill that is possible for this field. Null if no dimension fill is possible. Valid values are: "enumeration", "range".
fiscal_month_offset
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An offset (in months) from the calendar start month to the fiscal start month defined in the LookML model this field belongs to.
has_allowed_values
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Whether this field has a set of allowed_values specified in LookML.
has_drills_metadata
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Whether this field has links or drill fields defined.
hidden
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Whether this field should be hidden from the user interface.
is_filter
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Whether this field is a filter.
is_fiscal
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Whether this field represents a fiscal time value.
is_numeric
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Whether this field is of a type that represents a numeric value.
is_timeframe
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Whether this field is of a type that represents a time value.
can_time_filter
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Whether this field can be time filtered.
time_interval
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Details on the time interval this field represents, if it is_timeframe.
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name
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The type of time interval this field represents a grouping of. Valid values are: "day", "hour", "minute", "second", "millisecond", "microsecond", "week", "month", "quarter", "year".
count
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The number of intervals this field represents a grouping of.
label
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Fully-qualified human-readable label of the field.
label_from_parameter
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The name of the parameter that will provide a parameterized label for this field, if available in the current context.
label_short
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The human-readable label of the field, without the view label.
lookml_link
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A URL linking to the definition of this field in the LookML IDE.
links
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label
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The name of the link as it would appear to users.
url
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URL the link will go to.
icon_url
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A URL containing an image file to display with a link.
map_layer
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If applicable, a map layer this field is associated with.
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url
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URL to the map layer resource.
name
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Name of the map layer, as defined in LookML.
feature_key
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Specifies the name of the TopoJSON object that the map layer references. If not specified, use the first object..
property_key
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Selects which property from the TopoJSON data to plot against. TopoJSON supports arbitrary metadata for each region. When null, the first matching property should be used.
property_label_key
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Which property from the TopoJSON data to use to label the region. When null, property_key should be used.
projection
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The preferred geographic projection of the map layer when displayed in a visualization that supports multiple geographic projections.
format
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Specifies the data format of the region information. Valid values are: "topojson", "vector_tile_region".
extents_json_url
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Specifies the URL to a JSON file that defines the geographic extents of each region available in the map layer. This data is used to automatically center the map on the available data for visualization purposes. The JSON file must be a JSON object where the keys are the mapping value of the feature (as specified by property_key) and the values are arrays of four numbers representing the west longitude, south latitude, east longitude, and north latitude extents of the region. The object must include a key for every possible value of property_key.
max_zoom_level
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The minimum zoom level that the map layer may be displayed at, for visualizations that support zooming.
min_zoom_level
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The maximum zoom level that the map layer may be displayed at, for visualizations that support zooming.
measure
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Whether this field is a measure.
name
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Fully-qualified name of the field.
strict_value_format
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If yes, the field will not be localized with the user attribute number_format. Defaults to no
parameter
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Whether this field is a parameter.
permanent
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Whether this field can be removed from a query.
primary_key
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Whether or not the field represents a primary key.
project_name
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The name of the project this field is defined in.
requires_refresh_on_sort
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When true, it's not possible to re-sort this field's values without re-running the SQL query, due to database logic that affects the sort.
scope
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The LookML scope this field belongs to. The scope is typically the field's view.
sortable
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Whether this field can be sorted.
source_file
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The path portion of source_file_path.
source_file_path
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The fully-qualified path of the project file this field is defined in.
sql
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SQL expression as defined in the LookML model. The SQL syntax shown here is a representation intended for auditability, and is not neccessarily an exact match for what will ultimately be run in the database. It may contain special LookML syntax or annotations that are not valid SQL. This will be null if the current user does not have the see_lookml permission for the field's model.
sql_case
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value
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SQL Case label value
condition
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SQL Case condition expression
filters
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field
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Filter field name
condition
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Filter condition value
suggest_dimension
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The name of the dimension to base suggest queries from.
suggest_explore
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The name of the explore to base suggest queries from.
suggestable
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Whether or not suggestions are possible for this field.
suggestions
tags
type
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The LookML type of the field.
user_attribute_filter_types
value_format
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If specified, the LookML value format string for formatting values of this field.
view
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The name of the view this field belongs to.
view_label
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The human-readable label of the view the field belongs to.
dynamic
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Whether this field was specified in "dynamic_fields" and is not part of the model.
week_start_day
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The name of the starting day of the week. Valid values are: "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday", "saturday", "sunday".
times_used
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The number of times this field has been used in queries
original_view
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The name of the view this field is defined in. This will be different than "view" when the view has been joined via a different name using the "from" parameter.