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Preview Sample Data

Before applying policies or creating reports, it’s useful to see a slice of the data itself. This API retrieves up to the first 100 rows of an asset. For example, a data engineer can validate that the “orders” table contains recent transactions before applying a freshness check.

Info

⚠️ All endpoints require authentication. See Authentication & Headers.

Endpoint(s)

  1. Initiate Sample Job: POST /catalog-server/api/assets/:id/sample/async

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

id

int

Yes

Asset ID

12616

invalidateCache

boolean

No

If true, bypass cached sample

true

  1. Poll Job Result: GET /catalog-server/api/assets/sample/result/:requestId

Name

Type

Required

Description

Example

requestId

string

Yes

Returned from async request

abc123

Sample Request

Bash

curl -X POST "https://demo.acceldata.io/catalog-server/api/assets/12616/sample/async"

Response Schema

See Sample Data Schema.