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Partially update a Report column

PATCH /report/column/{id}/ will partially update a single Report Column. This method is not allowed for non-virtual BI Servers.

Path Params
integer
required

ID of the containing server

integer
required

The ID of the object

Body Params
string
required

The user-friendly name of the object

string
required

The identifier of the object as generated by the BI Server. This is used as an identifier for bulk create/update operations.

date-time

Date and time of object creation on the BI Server

date-time

Most recent update time of the object on the BI Server

string
required

Path to the object on the BI Server

string
required

The type of the object, as defined by the BI Server

string
required

Object description on the BI Server

string | null
required

The type of the column data.

string | null
required

The role of the column.

string | null
required

The expression used to transform the data into a column

array of strings | null
required

Sample values from the column

values*
string | null

external_id of the parent report. Note that the report must exist on Alation to properly update this

array of strings

external_id of the parent datasource columns. Note that the columns must exist on Alation to properly update this

parent_datasource_columns
array of strings

external_id of the parent report columns. Note that the columns must exist on Alation, or occur earlier in the POST payload, to properly update this

parent_report_columns
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