Thesuggestableparameter lets you disable suggestions for a field when a user filters on that field in a Look or an Explore. The default value ofsuggestableisyes, and suggestions are provided when possible. If you setsuggestabletono, Looker won't suggest values for the field.
Examples
Prevent Looker from providing filter value suggestions for thenamedimension:
dimension: name {
type: string
sql: ${TABLE}.name ;;
suggestable: no
}
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