What are these __FILE and __LINE_NUM parameters in my dashboard.lookml?
I have a LookML dashboard, generated from a user dashboard.
I just noticed there are a bunch of strage __FILE and __LINE_NUM parameters randomly strewn through the file. The __FILE has the path of the dashboard lookml file. the __LINE_NUM is always somewhat close to the line its found on.
What are these parameters and are they supposed to be there?
Those should not be there, you can delete them and all should be well.
This is a strange one— Is it generating those consistently for you or is there any peculiarity about the process to generate the dashboard or the dashboard itself? I’d be interested to know if you have table calcs on the dashboard too.
If I remove them from the LookML, export to a user defined dashboard, then export that back to LookML, they reappear every time.
It seems all instances are inside the export of a tile based on merged explores.
Thanks for those two reports, I’ve added this context to our existing reports— The merged result breadcrumb is useful.