[[["易于理解","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["解决了我的问题","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["其他","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["很难理解","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["信息或示例代码不正确","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["没有我需要的信息/示例","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["翻译问题","translationIssue","thumb-down"],["其他","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["最后更新时间 (UTC):2025-08-25。"],[],[],null,["# Metadata for LookML objects\n\nUsers who have [`develop`](/looker/docs/admin-panel-users-roles#develop) permission can view contextually relevant information about the objects in the Looker IDE metadata panel.\n\nTo view the metadata panel in the Looker IDE:\n\n1. [Navigate to your project files](/looker/docs/accessing-project-files).\n2. To open the quick help panel, select the **Quick Help** icon info.\n3. In the LookML code editor, place your cursor on the object that you want more context about in the metadata panel.\n4. In the quick help panel, select the **Metadata** tab to open the metadata panel.\n\nThe metadata panel identifies the object with a name and an icon that represents the object type (see the [Navigating projects with the object browser panel](/looker/docs/object-browser#icons) documentation page for all the possible object type icons).\n\nIf a LookML objects is used in multiple models, the metadata panel provides a drop-down menu that lets you select the model for which you want to see metadata.\n\nThe information that displayed in the metadata panel depends on the type of LookML object that you selected, as well as how the selected object is used in your project. You can use metadata to better understand many aspects of your project, as described in the following sections.\n\nMetadata for models\n-------------------\n\nIf you select a model file, the metadata panel displays the following sections:\n\n- **Dashboards**: Lists any LookML dashboards that are included in the model, with links to their definitions within your LookML project\n- **Explores**: Lists any Explores that are included in the model, with links to their definitions within your LookML project\n- **Views**: Lists any views that are included in the model, with links to their definitions within your LookML project\n\nThe heading for each section also displays the number of each type of object.\n\n\nMetadata for views\n------------------\n\nIf you select a view parameter, the metadata panel displays the following information about how the view is used in your project:\n\n1. **View name and details** : The view name and an icon that represents the view's object type (see the [Navigating projects with the object browser panel](/looker/docs/object-browser#icons) documentation page for all the possible object type icons). The metadata panel also provides the filename and the line number where the view is defined in the file's LookML (and a link to the view in your project).\n2. **Used in \\[number\\] models menu** : Displays a list of models that include this view, where **\\[number\\]** represents the count of models that include the view. For example, if a view is used within two models, the metadata panel displays the text **Used in 2 models**.\n3. **Primary key** : The view's [primary key](/looker/docs/reference/param-field-primary-key).\n4. **Base view of**: Explores that use this view as their base view.\n5. **Joined in** : Explores into which this view is [joined](/looker/docs/working-with-joins).\n\nIf the view has [extensions](#extends) or [refinements](#refinements), these will also be displayed in the metadata panel.\n\nMetadata for Explores\n---------------------\n\nIf you select an `explore` parameter, the metadata panel shows you the following information about how the Explore is used in your project:\n\n1. **Explore name and details** : The Explore name and an icon that represents its object type (see the [Navigating projects with the object browser panel](/looker/docs/object-browser#icons) documentation page for all the possible object type icons). The metadata panel also provides the filename and the line number where the Explore is defined in the file's LookML (and a link to the Explore in your project).\n2. **Base view**: The base view for the Explore (the view that is used as the starting point for building the Explore).\n3. **Joined views** : Other views that are [joined](/looker/docs/working-with-joins) into the base view.\n\nIf the Explore has [extensions](#extends) or [refinements](#refinements), these will also be displayed in the metadata panel.\n\nMetadata for fields\n-------------------\n\nIf you select a [field](/looker/docs/reference/param-field), the metadata panel shows you the following information about how the field is used in your project:\n\n1. **Field name and details** : The field name and an icon that represents its object type (see the [Navigating projects with the object browser panel](/looker/docs/object-browser#icons) documentation page for all the possible object type icons). The metadata panel also shows the field's type and provides the filename and the line number where the field is defined in the file's LookML (and a link to the field in your project).\n2. **Used in \\[number\\] models menu**: Displays a list of models that include the view for this field.\n3. **Exists in view**: Views that use this field.\n\n\nMetadata for extensions\n-----------------------\n\nWhen you select a `view` or an `explore` parameter in the LookML code editor, the **Extended by** section of the metadata panel shows any [extensions](/looker/docs/reusing-code-with-extends) of that object.\n\nFor example, consider the following sample LookML code for a model file in which the `aircraft_extended` Explore extends the `aircraft` Explore: \n\n explore: aircraft {\n view_name: aircraft\n join: aircraft_types {\n type: left_outer\n sql_on: ${aircraft.aircraft_type_id} = ${aircraft_types.aircraft_type_id} ;;\n relationship: many_to_one\n }\n\n join: aircraft_engine_types {\n type: left_outer\n sql_on: ${aircraft.aircraft_engine_type_id} = ${aircraft_engine_types.aircraft_engine_type_id} ;;\n relationship: many_to_one\n }\n }\n\n explore: aircraft_extended {\n extends: [aircraft]\n label: \"Aircraft Extended\"\n }\n\nIf you select the LookML definition for the `aircraft` Explore, the metadata panel lists `aircraft_extended` in the **Extended by** section. Click the link in the **Extended by** section to navigate directly to the LookML where `aircraft_extended` is defined.\n\nIf you click in the definition of the `aircraft_extended` Explore, the metadata panel provides the following information about the extended `aircraft` Explore:\n\n- **Joined views** : Lists any views that are joined to the `aircraft` Explore.\n- **Extends** : Lists the object that the selected Explore extends. In this case, this is the `aircraft` Explore.\n\nIn these examples, the extending and extended `explore` parameters are next to each other in the same file, but this is not always the case. It's not obvious by looking a parameter if it is extended, especially since the extended and extending objects can be in different LookML files. The metadata panel gives you context about the related objects, no matter where the objects are defined.\n\n\nMetadata for refinements\n------------------------\n\nThe metadata panel makes it easy to see when a view or an Explore has [refinements](/looker/docs/lookml-refinements) that have been added to the object. The **Refinements** section of the metadata panel displays the number of refinements that have been added to the object, and you can use the links to navigate to the LookML for each refinement.\n\nAs with extensions, you can't tell if an object is refined just by looking at the LookML, especially because the refinement LookML can be in a different file. The metadata panel lets you see if an object has been refined and, if it has, lets you navigate directly to the LookML for the refinement.\n\nMetadata for imported projects\n------------------------------\n\nThe metadata panel includes information about objects from [imported projects](/looker/docs/importing-projects), including links to navigate to the imported file where the object is defined. For example, selecting the LookML for an Explore that is based on an imported view file will show the imported view file's information in the metadata panel.\n\nFrom the metadata panel, you can click the link to navigate to the imported file where the object is defined.\n\nIn addition, you can click the objects that are in the [imported projects folder](/looker/docs/ide-folders#imported_projects_folder) in the IDE file browser to see metadata about the imported files."]]