Variable.get

Variable.get(wait_for_statistics=False) → self

Fetches the variable, after which variable.properties will contain a dict with entries corresponding to the properties on the variable resource definition. Will raise an error if the variable does not exist.

Parameters:

wait_for_statistics : bool, default False If True, will wait for summary statistics on the variable to be fully populated before returning.

Returns:

self (a Variable)

Examples:

table = redivis.organization("Demo").dataset("iris_species").table("iris")

variable = table.variable("sepalLengthCm")
variable.get(wait_for_statistics=True) 

print(variable.properties)

{
	"kind": "variable",
	... (see variable resource definition)
	"statistics": {
		"status": "completed",
		"count": 150,
		"numDistinct": 35,
		"min": 4.3,
		"max": 7.9,
		"mean": 5.8433333333333355,
		"approxMedian": 0.8280661279778625
	}
}