Square brackets containing a comma-separated list of strings
Definition
The tags parameter lets you tag an Explore with text strings. These strings are not used by the Looker model but can be passed to other applications, such as API calls. tags can be useful for providing arbitrary metadata about a field to an outside application.
Examples
Adds two text tags, "Confidential" and "Customer Data", to the customer_information Explore.
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