ModelingColumn

Definition of a table column in the model.

API Section: Objects

Type: Object

Properties

Name

Description

Required

Type

Format

columnId

The column's system ID

-

string

uuid

displayName

The column's display name

-

string

description

The column's description

-

string

format

The column's data format

-

string

uniqueName

The column's unique identifier, used in relationships, hierarchies and measures

-

string

parentUniqueName

Unique identifier of the table that contains this column

-

string

sourceColumnName

The column's name in the database

-

string

type

The column's data type

-

DataType

columnType

Column type

-

ModelingColumnType

defaultSortColumnUniqueName

Unique identifier of the default column to sort by when the user sorts by this column

-

string

isDefaultSortDescending

Is the default sorting descending

-

boolean

size

Size of the source column type (string length or decimal precision)

-

integer

int32

scale

Scale of the source column type (if decimal)

-

integer

int32

isVisible

Is the column displayed in the

-

boolean

isSecurity

Is this a column used in the security panel

-

boolean

isDistribution

Is column for publication distribution

-

boolean

maskingMethodType

How should masked values be displayed

-

MaskingMethodType

isUniqueIdentifier

Is column for experiment unique identifier

-

boolean

displayFolder

Column's display folder name

-

string

isIndexed

Is this column indexed in the source database

-

boolean

columnIndex

Index of this column in the table, start at 0

-

integer

int32

hasMultiMeasures

Boolean indicating if this column has multi-measures

-

boolean

isAggregatable

Can this column be aggregated

-

boolean

columnCategory

Predefined category of this column (time intelligence part, location part, etc)

-

ModelingColumnCategories

customCategoryId

User defined category of this column

-

string

keyColumn

Unique identifier of the key column for this column

-

string

hasDefaultMember

Does this column has a default member

-

boolean

isUnicode

Is this a unicode string (nvarchar, nchar, nclob, etc)

-

boolean