cannot override constant from remote dependency

[gczebra]

The topic at https://docs.looker.com/reference/manifest-params/remote_dependency#overriding_imported_constants_wi... looks straightforward enough but I’m getting the error “Cannot override constant ‘my_dataset’ for dependency ‘my_base’”

In the my_base manifest file:

constant: my_dataset {
value: “BaseDatasetName”
export: override_required
}

In the project that imports my_base:

remote_dependency: my_base {
url: “git@github.com:Company/my_base.git”
ref: “********************”
override_constant: my_dataset {
value: “RealDatasetName”
}
}

Thanks in advance for any pointers!

[kobrien]

Hi! Did you ever find out what was causing this? I’m currently getting the same error.

[jasonmythical]

I had the same problem and the solve was to include the “export” parameter on the source project’s constant definition. 

constant: connection_name {
  value: "my_connection_name"
  export: override_required
}