Variable
Base definition
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{
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"kind": "variable",
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"uri": string,
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"url": string,
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"name": string,
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"type": string("boolean","integer","float","string","date","dateTime","geography"),
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"index": integer,
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"label": string,
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}
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Get definition
In addition to the base definition, any variable resource returned by a
get request will contain the following properties:1
{
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"description": string,
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"valueLabels": [
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{ "value": string, "label": string }
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],
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"statistics": {
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"status": string("queued","running","completed","failed"),
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"count": integer,
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"numDistinct": integer,
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"min": number,
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"max": number,
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"mean": number,
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"approxMedian": number,
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"geoBBox": {
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"westLongitude": number,
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"eastLongitude": number,
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"northLatitude": number,
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"southLatitude": number
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}
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}
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}
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Fields
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Base
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kind
string
The resource type. Will always be "variable".
uri
string
The fully qualified reference to this upload, for use in generating calls to this API.
For example,
/tables/imathews.example:123.test:456/variables/var1url
string
The variable's discoverable url through a web browser interface.
name
string
The variable's name. Will always be unique to the variable's table.
type
string
The variable's type. Will be one of:
"boolean","integer","float","string","date","dateTime"index
integer
A zero based counter for the variable's ordinality for its table.
label
string
A user-provided label for the variable. May be null.
Get
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description
string
A user-provided description for the variable, typically longer than the label. May be null.
valueLabels
array<object>
An array of value labels. Value labels are used to provide mappings between the data content of a cell and human-readable meaning of that content.
valueLabels.value
string
The value associated with a given valueLabel
valueLabels.label
string
The human-readable label for the associated value.
statistics
object
An object containing univariate summary statistics about the variable.
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If the statistics have not yet been computed on the variable, statistic.status will
running and many (or all) of the statistic fields will be missing until status is completed.statistics.status
string
The current status of the statistic's computation. Will be one of completed, running, or failed. If the statistic is failed, it can only be recomputed in the UI.
statistics.count
integer
The number of non-null values for this variable.
statistics.numDistinct
integer
The number of distinct values for this variable.
statistics.min
number
The minimum value of this variable.
Will be null for variables of string and boolean type.
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If the variable is of type
date or dateTime, this number represents the number of milliseconds since the epoch (1970-01-01). If the variable is of type time, this number represents the number of milliseconds since 00:00:00.statistics.max
number
The maximum value of this variable.
See statistic.min for information about different variable types.
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