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# collectStatistics

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      <p>Collect statistics for a column(s) in a specified table. </p>

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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L16798">16798</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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              <td>Name of a table, in \[schema\_name.]table\_name format, using standard <a href="/content/concepts/tables/#table-name-resolution" target="_top">name resolution rules</a>. Must be an existing table. A value of '<span className="em">' collects statistics on every user table the caller may read (excluding system schemas, views, and temporary tables); when used, <span className="em">column\_names</span> must be '</span>'.</td>
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              <td>List of one or more column names in <span className="em">table\_name</span> for which to collect statistics (cardinality, mean value, etc.). A single entry of '\*' expands to every collectable column on the table (geometry, vector, JSON, and array columns are skipped).</td>
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L16841">16841</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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                <td className="memname">async System.Threading.Tasks.Task\< <a className="el" href="/content/api/cs/classkinetica_1_1CollectStatisticsResponse">CollectStatisticsResponse</a> > kinetica.Kinetica.CollectStatisticsAsync </td>
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      <p className="definition">Definition at line <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs#L16814">16814</a> of file <a className="el" href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-cs/blob/master/Kinetica/KineticaFunctions.cs">KineticaFunctions.cs</a>.</p>
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