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====== Data Operations ======



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===== About =====
The ''data operation'' are all functions, operations, actions that you can perform on a [[docs:resource:resource|data resources]]. They are the basic block of all data processing.

This section lists all ''data operations'' supported.

<note>
Because all data structure are represented logically as a [[docs:resource:resource|data resource]] (file, table, ...), they all share the same common data vocabulary.
</note>




===== List =====


^ Data Operations ^ Synonym ^ Description ^
| [[docs:op:copy|copy]] | | Create a copy of a resource on data and metadata level |
| [[docs:op:insert|insert]] | [[docs:op:insert|append]] | Add data into a resource |
| [[docs:op:list|list]] | | List data resources |
| [[docs:op:truncate|truncate]] | | Delete the data, preserve the metadata |
| [[docs:op:move|move]] | [[docs:op:rename|rename]] | Move or rename a data resource |
| [[docs:op:delete|delete]] | | Delete data from a data resource |
| [[docs:op:drop|drop]] | [[docs:op:drop|remove]] | Remove the data and metadata of a data resource |
| [[docs:op:upsert|upsert]] | | Insert otherwise update the data of a data resource |
| [[docs:op:update|update]] | | Update data of a resource | 
| [[docs:op:query|query]] | [[docs:op:query|select]] | Execute a query and returns a data resource | 
| [[docs:op:transfer|transfer]] | [[docs:op:upload|load]], [[docs:op:upload|upload]], [[docs:op:download|download]] | Move data resource from one system to another  |
| [[docs:op:fill|fill]] | [[docs:op:fill|generate]] | Generate data for a resource |
| [[docs:op:print|print]] | [[docs:op:print|tail]], [[docs:op:print|head]] | Print the data of a resource | 
| [[docs:op:compare|compare]] | [[docs:op:compare|diff]] | Compare two data resources |