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There are a few special data keys you can assign in your data to control how templates behave. These can live anywhere in the Data Cascade.

• permalink: Change the output target of the current template. Normally, you cannot use template syntax to reference other variables in your data, but permalink is an exception. Read more about Permalinks.
  • dynamicPermalink: Option to disable template syntax for the permalink key. Read more.
• layout: Wrap current template with a layout template found in the _includes folder. Read more about Layouts.
• pagination: Enable to iterate over data. Output multiple HTML files from a single template. Read more about Pagination.
• tags: A single string or array that identifies that a piece of content is part of a collection. Collections can be reused in any other template. Read more about Collections.
• date: Override the default date (file creation) to customize how the file is sorted in a collection. Read more at Content Dates.
• templateEngineOverride: Override the template engine on a per-file basis, usually configured with a file extension or globally using the markdownTemplateEngine and htmlTemplateEngine configuration options. Read more about Changing a Template’s Rendering Engine. This option only works in Front Matter ⚠️ (for now), read Issue #445.
• eleventyExcludeFromCollections: Set to true to exclude this content from any and all Collections (those tagged in data or setup using the Configuration API).
• eleventyComputed: New in v0.11.0 Programmatically set data values based on other values in your data cascade. Read more about Computed Data.

Other pages in Using Data:

• Configure your Templates
• Eleventy Supplied Data
• Data Cascade
  • Front Matter Data
    • Customize Front Matter Parsing
  • Template & Directory Data Files
  • Global Data Files
    • Data Preprocessing
  • Data Deep Merge
  • Config Global Data
  • Computed Data
• Environment Variables
• JavaScript Data Files
• Custom Data File Formats