Method
POST

Request URL

/plugin/datafor-modeler/api/metadata/previewcolumn

Authorization
Use of this API requires authentication. For details about the authentication method, see
Authorization.

Content Type
application/json

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Preconditions

• The current user needs read privileges to the database connection.

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Request Schema

Name	Location	Type	Required	Description
body	body	object	No	The request payload containing table and column details.
├── connection	body	string	No	The name of the database connection.
├── schema	body	string	No	The schema containing the table.
├── table	body	string	No	The table from which data will be previewed.
├── columns	body	string	No	JSON array of columns to be retrieved. If detail is not empty, it means a calculated column.
├── limit	body	string	No	The maximum number of rows to return.

Request Example

connection: foodmart
schema: foodmart
table: time_by_day
columns: '[{"name":"day_of_month","detail":""},{"name":"fiscal_period","detail":""},{"name":"month_of_year","detail":""},{"name":"quarter","detail":""},{"name":"the_date","detail":""},{"name":"the_day","detail":""},{"name":"the_month","detail":""},{"name":"the_year","detail":""},{"name":"time_id","detail":""},{"name":"week_of_year","detail":""}]'
limit: "50"

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Response Examples

{
  "msg": "success",
  "data": [
    {
      "the_month": "January",
      "time_id": 738,
      "the_year": 1998,
      "month_of_year": 1,
      "the_day": "Wednesday",
      "day_of_month": 7,
      "week_of_year": 4,
      "quarter": "Q1",
      "the_date": "1998-01-07 00:00:00.0"
    },
    {
      "the_month": "January",
      "time_id": 739,
      "the_year": 1998,
      "month_of_year": 1,
      "the_day": "Thursday",
      "day_of_month": 8,
      "week_of_year": 4,
      "quarter": "Q1",
      "the_date": "1998-01-08 00:00:00.0"
    }
  ],
  "meta": [
    {
      "typeDesc": "Integer",
      "comments": "day_of_month",
      "originalColumnType": 5,
      "originalNullable": 0,
      "length": 4,
      "type": 5,
      "originalColumnTypeName": "int2",
      "name": "day_of_month"
    },
    {
      "typeDesc": "String",
      "comments": "fiscal_period",
      "originalColumnType": 12,
      "originalNullable": 0,
      "length": 30,
      "type": 2,
      "originalColumnTypeName": "varchar",
      "name": "fiscal_period"
    }
  ],
  "success": true
}

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HTTP Responses

HTTP Status Code	Meaning	Description	Data schema
200	OK	The request was successful, and the response contains preview data.	Inline

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Response Data Schema (HTTP 200)

Name	Type	Required	Description
msg	string	Yes	Message indicating the status of the request (e.g., "success").
data	array	Yes	The previewed data in a tabular format.
├── column_name	mixed	Yes	The value of each column in the previewed data.
meta	array	Yes	Metadata about the columns returned in the preview.
├── typeDesc	string	Yes	Description of the column type (e.g., "Integer", "String").
├── comments	string	Yes	Column description or comment.
├── originalColumnType	integer	Yes	The original column type as per the database.
├── originalNullable	integer	Yes	Indicates if the column is nullable (0 for not nullable, 1 for nullable).
├── length	integer	Yes	The length of the column.
├── type	integer	Yes	Internal representation of column type.
├── originalColumnTypeName	string	Yes	The original column type name in the database.
├── name	string	Yes	The column name.
success	boolean	Yes	A boolean flag indicating whether the request was processed successfully.