Catalog - List Views

Service:

Data Lake Analytics

API Version:

2016-11-01

Retrieves the list of views from the Data Lake Analytics catalog.

GET https://{accountName}.{adlaCatalogDnsSuffix}/catalog/usql/databases/{databaseName}/schemas/{schemaName}/views?api-version=2016-11-01

With optional parameters:

GET https://{accountName}.{adlaCatalogDnsSuffix}/catalog/usql/databases/{databaseName}/schemas/{schemaName}/views?$filter={$filter}&$top={$top}&$skip={$skip}&$select={$select}&$orderby={$orderby}&$count={$count}&api-version=2016-11-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
accountName	path	True	string	The Azure Data Lake Analytics account upon which to execute catalog operations.
adlaCatalogDnsSuffix	path	True	string	Gets the DNS suffix used as the base for all Azure Data Lake Analytics Catalog service requests.
databaseName	path	True	string	The name of the database containing the views.
schemaName	path	True	string	The name of the schema containing the views.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.
$count	query		boolean	The Boolean value of true or false to request a count of the matching resources included with the resources in the response, e.g. Categories?$count=true. Optional.
$filter	query		string	OData filter. Optional.
$orderby	query		string	OrderBy clause. One or more comma-separated expressions with an optional "asc" (the default) or "desc" depending on the order you'd like the values sorted, e.g. Categories?$orderby=CategoryName desc. Optional.
$select	query		string	OData Select statement. Limits the properties on each entry to just those requested, e.g. Categories?$select=CategoryName,Description. Optional.
$skip	query		integer int32	The number of items to skip over before returning elements. Optional.
$top	query		integer int32	The number of items to return. Optional.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	USqlViewList	Successfully retrieved the list of views in the specified database and schema.

Examples

Retrieves the list of views from the Data Lake Analytics catalog

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://contosoadla.azuredatalakeanalytics.net/catalog/usql/databases/master/schemas/dbo/views?$filter=test_filter&$top=1&$skip=1&$select=test_select&$orderby=test_orderby&$count=False&api-version=2016-11-01

Sample Response

Status code:

200

{
  "nextLink": "https://contosoadla.datalakeanalytics.net/catalog/usql/databases/master/schema/dbo/statistics?api-version=2016-11-01&%24skiptoken=<token>",
  "value": [
    {
      "computeAccountName": "contosoadla",
      "version": "34adfa4f-cedf-4dc0-ba29-b6d1a69ab345",
      "databaseName": "master",
      "schemaName": "dbo",
      "viewName": "test_view_name",
      "definition": "test_definition"
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
USqlView	A Data Lake Analytics catalog U-SQL view item.
USqlViewList	A Data Lake Analytics catalog U-SQL view item list.

USqlView

A Data Lake Analytics catalog U-SQL view item.

Name	Type	Description
computeAccountName	string	the name of the Data Lake Analytics account.
databaseName	string	the name of the database.
definition	string	the defined query of the view.
schemaName	string	the name of the schema associated with this view and database.
version	string	the version of the catalog item.
viewName	string	the name of the view.

USqlViewList

A Data Lake Analytics catalog U-SQL view item list.

Name	Type	Description
nextLink	string	the link to the next page of results.
value	USqlView[]	the list of view in the database and schema combination