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Last Tested: Jul 3, 2018
The datatype parameter is a parameter for a dimension_group: of type: time.
This parameter tells Looker what datatype to expect coming from the database and consequentially how to transform it into the timeframes you specify in the timeframes: parameter. eg. if the column is an epoch in the database put datatype: epoch.
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