Project manifest parameters

Your project may contain a project manifest file , which is used for project-level settings such as those for specifying other projects to import into the current project , defining LookML constants , specifying model localization settings , and adding extensions and custom visualizations to your project.

Model localization is not currently compatible with project import .

Each project can have only one manifest file. The file must be named manifest.lkml and be located at the root level of your project's directory structure . Also, Looker does not support an empty project manifest file. If your manifest file is empty, delete the file .

This page links to the project manifest-level LookML parameters.

Example usage

Hover over a parameter name to see a quick description. Click a parameter to visit its reference page.

When a parameter can be set to one of several specific options, the default value is listed first.

## STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS  project_name 
 
 : 
  "Current Project Name" 
  new_lookml_runtime 
 
 : 
 yes 
  local_dependency 
 
 : { 
  project 
 
 : 
 "project_name" 
  override_constant 
 
 : 
 constant_name 
 { 
  value 
 
 : 
 "string value" 
 } 
 } 
## Possibly more local_dependency statements  remote_dependency 
 
 : 
 remote_project_name 
 { 
  url 
 
 : 
 "remote_project_url" 
  ref 
 
 : 
 "remote_project_ref" 
  override_constant 
 
 : 
 constant_name 
 { 
  value 
 
 : 
 "string value" 
 } 
 } 
# Possibly more remote_dependency statements  constant 
 
 : 
 constant_name 
 { 
  value 
 
 : 
 "string value" 
  export 
 
 : 
 none 
| override_optional 
| override_required 
 } 
# Possibly more constant statements

## LOCALIZATION PARAMETERS  localization_settings 
 
 : { 
  localization_level 
 
 : 
 strict 
| permissive 
  default_locale 
 
 : 
 locale_name 
 } 
## EXTENSION FRAMEWORK PARAMETERS  application 
 
 : 
 application_name 
 { 
  label 
 
 : 
 "Application Label" 
  url 
 
 : 
 "application_url" 
  file 
 
 : 
 "application_file_path" 
  mount_points 
 
 : { 
    # Desired mount points (described on  application 
 
page)
   } 
  entitlements 
 
 : { 
    # Desired entitlements (described on  application 
 
page)
   } 
 } 
## Possibly more application statements

## CUSTOM VISUALIZATION PARAMETERS  visualization 
 
 : 
 { 
  id 
 
 : 
 "unique-id" 
  label 
 
 : 
 "Visualization Label" 
  url 
 
 : 
 "visualization_url" 
  sri_hash 
 
 : 
 "SRI hash" 
  dependencies 
 
  : [ 
 
 "dependency_url_1" 
 , 
 "dependency_url_2" 
  
 ] 
  file 
 
 : 
 "visualization_file_path" 
 } 
## Possibly more visualization statements

Parameter definitions

Parameter Name

Description

Structural Parameters

project_name

Specifies the name of the current project.

new_lookml_runtime

Enables or disables New LookML Runtime for a LookML project.

local_dependency

Specifies that this project depends on another project. This parameter has the project and override_constant subparameters.

project

Specifies a project that contains files that you want to include.

remote_dependency

Specifies one or more remote projects that contain files that you want to include. This parameter has url and ref subparameters, as well as the subparameter override_constant .

constant

Defines a LookML constant that can be used throughout your project. This parameter has the subparameters value and export .

Localization Parameters

localization_settings

Specifies the localization information for your model. This parameter has default_locale and localization_level subparameters.

localization_level

Specifies whether strings with no translation are allowed in your model.

default_locale

Specifies the locale that will be used as your model's default for translating strings.

Extension Framework Parameters

application

Defines an application for the Looker extension framework .

label

Specifies the name of the application that is displayed to the user.

url

Provides the URL of the application.

file

Provides the path to a JavaScript file (with a .js extension) that defines the application. The path is relative to the project root.

entitlements

Specifies the entitlements to control access to the extension features of the application. This parameter has many subparameters listed on the application parameter page.

Custom Visualization Parameters

visualization

Defines a custom visualization for your Looker project.

id

Specifies a unique identifier for the visualization.

label

Specifies the name of the visualization that is displayed to the user.

url

Provides the URL to the visualization's JavaScript file.

sri_hash

Specifies the subresource integrity hash for the visualization.

dependencies

Provides a comma-separated list of dependency URLs required to load the visualization.

file

Specifies the path to a JavaScript file that defines the visualization.