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Get Datasource Metadata

Fetches field metadata for the specified datasource.

APIs called​

Environment variables​

Required arguments​

datasourceLuid​

The LUID of the data source, potentially retrieved by the List Data Sources tool.

Example: 2d935df8-fe7e-4fd8-bb14-35eb4ba31d45

Example result​

{
  "fields": [
    {
      "name": "Returned",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Category",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Discount",
      "dataType": "REAL",
      "defaultAggregation": "SUM",
      "dataCategory": "QUANTITATIVE",
      "role": "MEASURE"
    },
    {
      "name": "Postal Code",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "ORDINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION",
      "defaultFormat": "*00000"
    },
    {
      "name": "Regional Manager",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT"
    },
    {
      "name": "Order ID",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Product Name",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ship Date",
      "dataType": "DATE",
      "defaultAggregation": "YEAR",
      "dataCategory": "ORDINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Quantity",
      "dataType": "INTEGER",
      "defaultAggregation": "SUM",
      "dataCategory": "QUANTITATIVE",
      "role": "MEASURE"
    },
    {
      "name": "City",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sub-Category",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Profit (bin)",
      "dataType": "INTEGER",
      "defaultAggregation": "NONE",
      "dataCategory": "ORDINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION",
      "formula": "[Profit]"
    },
    {
      "name": "Segment",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "State/Province",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sales",
      "dataType": "REAL",
      "defaultAggregation": "SUM",
      "dataCategory": "QUANTITATIVE",
      "role": "MEASURE"
    },
    {
      "name": "Manufacturer",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Region",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ship Mode",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Order Date",
      "dataType": "DATE",
      "defaultAggregation": "YEAR",
      "dataCategory": "ORDINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Profit",
      "dataType": "REAL",
      "defaultAggregation": "SUM",
      "dataCategory": "QUANTITATIVE",
      "role": "MEASURE"
    },
    {
      "name": "Country/Region",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    },
    {
      "name": "Profit Ratio",
      "dataType": "REAL",
      "defaultAggregation": "AGG",
      "dataCategory": "QUANTITATIVE",
      "role": "MEASURE",
      "formula": "SUM([Profit])/SUM([Sales])",
      "isAutoGenerated": false,
      "hasUserReference": false
    },
    {
      "name": "Customer Name",
      "dataType": "STRING",
      "defaultAggregation": "COUNT",
      "dataCategory": "NOMINAL",
      "role": "DIMENSION"
    }
  ]
}