Adding advanced model parameters

In the model file created in your LookML project, there are some standard parameters added, such as the following:

• connection: This parameter defines the database/data warehouse connection to be used for this model.
• include: This defines what view files can be used in this model to build the Explores. In our case, we include all the views.
• datagroup: This assigns a caching policy for Explores. Datagroup can also be used to regenerate PDTs.
• persist_with: To use the datagroup caching policy as the default for Explores in a model, you can use the persist_with parameter at the model level, and specify the datagroup name.

In this section, we’ll review some advanced Model parameters and what they are used for.

How to do it…

Let’s add a few advanced Model parameters to our model:

1. label: The label parameter changes the way that this model will appear in the Explore menu. Unless specified, the label...