Data Operations
About
The data operation are all functions, operations, actions that you can perform on a data resources. They are the basic block of all data processing.
This section lists all data operations supported.
Because all data structure are represented logically as a data resource (file, table, …), they all share the same common data vocabulary.
List
Data Operations | Synonym | Description |
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copy | Create a copy of a resource on data and metadata level | |
insert | append | Add data into a resource |
list | List data resources | |
truncate | Delete the data, preserve the metadata | |
move | rename | Move or rename a data resource |
delete | Delete data from a data resource | |
drop | remove | Remove the data and metadata of a data resource |
upsert | Insert otherwise update the data of a data resource | |
update | Update data of a resource | |
query | select | Execute a query and returns a data resource |
transfer | load, upload, download | Move data resource from one system to another |
fill | generate | Generate data for a resource |
tail, head | Print the data of a resource | |
compare | diff | Compare two data resources |