Execute Data Profiling on Semantic Model

Execute Data Profiling on Semantic Model

This documentation is for Kyvos 2026.6.x. To view documentation for other Kyvos versions, click here.

This documentation is for Kyvos 2026.6.x. To view documentation for other Kyvos versions, click here.

Overview

This API executes a data profiling job for the Semantic Model.

Method: POST

Request URL: {kyvos-url}/rest/v2/semantic-models/{name-or-id}/data-profile


Authorization

API Key: sessionid

This method authenticates requests using a session ID which acts like an API key.


BasicAuth: HTTP Authorization Scheme

This method authenticates requests using a username and password sent in the HTTP Authorization header.


Headers

Header Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Header Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Content-Type (Required)

String

Specifies media type of request body.

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

sessionid

String

The session ID is the token received from the login API.

Note: Session ID is required for token-based authentication.

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Path Parameters

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

name-or-id (Required)

String

Specifies the name or ID of the Semantic Model for which the data profiling job will be executed.

Note: If the Semantic Model name is provided, either folderName or folderId must also be provided.

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Query Parameters

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

by

String

Specifies whether the name-or-id parameter should be interpreted as a Semantic Model name or Semantic Model ID.

If by=name, provide the Semantic Model name in the name-or-id parameter.

If by=id, provide the Semantic Model ID in the name-or-id parameter.

The default value is name.

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folderName

String

Name of the folder which contains the Semantic Model. If the Semantic Model is present in the root directory, specify [Root].

Note: If neither folderName nor folderId is provided, the Semantic Model will be treated as a root-level entity by default.

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folderId

String

ID of the folder which contains the Semantic Model.

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Request Body

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

Parameter Name

Type

Description

Possible Values

runType

String

Specifies the execution schedule for the job.

Now: Immediately start the job.

Once: Job will run at the specified time.

Recurring: Job will run regularly at the specified time.

Default: Now

onceDateTime

String

Date time in format (DD/MM/YYYY HH:mm).

Required when runType is Once.

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dataProfileJson

String

Data profile settings in string-formatted JSON object.

Note: An example JSON is provided under the Resources section below.

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userParams

String

Provides parameter details to be used during Semantic Model data profiling. The value must be passed as a JSON-formatted string.

Note: An example JSON is provided under the Resources section below.

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jobConnectionName

String

Name of job connection.

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Responses

200 Success

{ "code": 0, "message": "Data profile job added successfully." }

Status Code

Description

Status Code

Description

401

Authorization information is missing or invalid.

404

No matching record found.

500

Internal Server Error


Resources

Below are examples of JSON structures which can be used as a reference for userParams and dataProfileJson parameters in the request body.

userParams: 

[ { "name":"parameterName", "value":"parameterValue" } ]

dataProfileJson : 

{ "samplingOptions":"SAMPLE/ALL", "fieldsGroup":"COMPLETE/CUSTOM", "fields":[ { "fieldId":"id of element", "displayName":"name of element" } ] }

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