Lusid.DataType

Providing you have sufficient access control permissions, the Lusid.DataType provider enables you to write a Luminesce SQL query that retrieves data types stored in LUSID.

See also: Lusid.DataType.Writer

Basic usage

select * from Lusid.DataType where <filter-expression>

Query parameters

Lusid.DataType has parameters that enable you to filter or refine a query.

To list available parameters, their data types, default values, and an explanation for each, run the following query using a suitable tool:

select FieldName, DataType, ParamDefaultValue, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Lusid.DataType' and FieldType = 'Parameter';

Data fields

By default, Lusid.DataType returns a table of data populated with particular fields (columns). You can return just a subset of these fields if you wish.

To list fields available to return, their data types, whether fields are considered 'main', and an explanation for each, run the following query using a suitable tool:

select FieldName, DataType, IsMain, IsPrimaryKey, SampleValues, Description from Sys.Field where TableName = 'Lusid.DataType' and FieldType = 'Column';

Note

Fields marked 'main' are returned by queries that select a caret character, for example select ^ from Lusid.DataType.

Examples

Note

For more example Luminesce SQL queries, visit our Github repo.

Example 1: Retrieve the first ten data types

select * from Lusid.DataType limit 10;

Example 2: Retrieve the accepted values for a particular data type

select AcceptableValues from Lusid.DataType where Scope = 'system' and Code = 'rating';

The table of data returned by the query looks like this:

Example 3: Retrieve data type information when creating a property definition

In this example, Lusid.DataType is used to retrieve the DataTypeScope for the string data type. This is then passed into Lusid.Property.Definition.Writer to upsert a new property type.

@table_of_data = select Scope as DataTypeScope, 
  'Instrument' as Domain, 'Finbourne-Examples' as PropertyScope, 'string' as DataTypeCode, 
  'property' as ConstraintStyle, 'SICCode' as PropertyCode, 'SIC Code' as DisplayName, 'upsert' as WriteAction
  from Lusid.DataType where Code = 'string';

select * from Lusid.Property.Definition.Writer where ToWrite = @table_of_data;