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.

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

Example usage

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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"
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"
  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.
`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`	ADDED5.18 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`	ADDED6.12 Defines a LookML constant that can be used throughout your project. This parameter has the subparameters `value` and `export`.
Localization Parameters
`localization_settings`	ADDED6.2 Specifies the localization information for your model. This parameter has `default_locale` and `localization_level` subparameters.
`localization_level`	ADDED6.2 Specifies whether strings with no translation are allowed in your model.
`default_locale`	ADDED6.2 Specifies the locale that will be used as your model’s default for translating strings.
Extension Framework Parameters
`application`	ADDED7.12 Defines an application for Looker’s extension framework.
`label`	ADDED7.12 Specifies the name of the application that is displayed to the user.
`url`	ADDED7.12 Provides the URL of the application.
`file`	ADDED7.12 Provides the path to a JavaScript file (with a `.js` extension) that defines the application. The path is relative to the project root.
`entitlements`	ADDED7.12 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`	ADDED7.18 Defines a custom visualization for your Looker project.
`id`	ADDED7.18 Specifies a unique identifier for the visualization.
`label`	ADDED7.18 Specifies the name of the visualization that is displayed to the user.
`url`	ADDED7.18 Provides the URL to the visualization’s JavaScript file.
`sri_hash`	ADDED7.18 Specifies the subresource integrity hash for the visualization.
`dependencies`	ADDED7.18 Provides a comma-separated list of dependency URLs required to load the visualization.
`file`	ADDED7.18 Specifies the path to a JavaScript file that defines the visualization.

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