Data views and the API Console
- Last UpdatedApr 22, 2024
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While creating or editing a data view, you can launch it within the API Console by choosing the View in API Console button. Launching the data view in the API console allows you to refine the data view endpoint query before specifying its URI in your application code or Microsoft Power BI.
View in API Console button
Data view API console parameters
When viewing a data view from the API Console, you can edit the default parameters that you configured during initial creation of the data view. Additionally, you can provide continuation tokens (in support of data pagination), caching data, or choose different support response formats.
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Field |
Description |
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startIndex |
The inclusive start boundary of the data view data. |
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endIndex |
The inclusive end boundary of the data view data. |
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count |
The number of data points included in the request. |
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interval |
The requested interval between index values. |
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continuationToken |
The field for specifying a continuation token when a request returns. For more information
on this field and the Load from Response |
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cache |
The field for setting cache behavior. Values include:
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form |
The file format that request response returns. For information on the response forms available, see the table below. |
button, see Response forms
When requesting data views from the API Console, the REST API is capable of returning requests in a variety of file formats. Select a form from the dropdown. Supported response forms include:
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Form |
Description |
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default (JSON) |
Object-style JSON. |
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table (Table) |
Table-style JSON. |
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tableh (Table with headers) |
Table-style JSON with header row. |
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csv (Comma separated values) |
Comma-separated values. |
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csvh (Comma separated values with headers) |
Comma-separated values with header row. |
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parquet (Apache Parquet) |
Parquet format. For more information on the Parquet format, see Parquet data format. |