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# insert_records_random

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    <h3 className="tsd-anchor-link" id="insert_records_random"><span>insert\_records\_random</span></h3>

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        <div className="tsd-signature tsd-anchor-link" id="insert_records_random-1"><span className="tsd-kind-call-signature">insert\_records\_random</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">(</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">table\_name</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">count</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">number</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">options</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">?:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">Record</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">Record</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">number</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">callback</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">?:</span> <a href="/content/api/javascript/types/GPUdbCallback" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-type-alias">GPUdbCallback</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">)</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/InsertRecordsRandomResponse" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">InsertRecordsRandomResponse</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></div>

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            <p>Generates a specified number of random records and adds them to the given table. There is an optional parameter that allows the user to customize the ranges of the column values. It also allows the user to specify linear profiles for some or all columns in which case linear values are generated rather than random ones. Only individual tables are supported for this operation.</p>
            <p>This operation is synchronous, meaning that a response will not be returned until all random records are fully available.</p>
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                <span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">table\_name</span>: <span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span></span>

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                  <p>Table to which random records will be added, in \[schema\_name.]table\_name format, using standard name resolution rules. Must be an existing table, not a view.</p>
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                <span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">count</span>: <span className="tsd-signature-type">number</span></span>

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                  <p>Number of records to generate.</p>
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                <span><code className="tsd-tag">Optional</code><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">options</span>: <span className="tsd-signature-type">Record</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">Record</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><span className="tsd-signature-type">string</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">number</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></span>

                <div className="tsd-comment tsd-typography">
                  <p>Optional parameter to pass in specifications for the randomness of the values. This map is different from the <span className="em">options</span> parameter of most other endpoints in that it is a map of string to map of string to doubles, while most others are maps of string to string. In this map, the top level keys represent which column's parameters are being specified, while the internal keys represents which parameter is being specified. These parameters take on different meanings depending on the type of the column.</p>
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                <span><code className="tsd-tag">Optional</code><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">callback</span>: <a href="/content/api/javascript/types/GPUdbCallback" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-type-alias">GPUdbCallback</a></span>

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                  <p>Optional callback function</p>
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          <h4 className="tsd-returns-title">Returns <span className="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/InsertRecordsRandomResponse" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">InsertRecordsRandomResponse</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></h4>
          <p>Promise\<Types.InsertRecordsRandomResponse> - Promise resolving to the response</p>

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            <ul>
              <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/GPUdb.ts#L11684">src/GPUdb.ts:11684</a></li>
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    <h3 className="tsd-anchor-link" id="insert_records_random_request"><span>insert\_records\_random\_request</span></h3>

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        <div className="tsd-signature tsd-anchor-link" id="insert_records_random_request-1"><span className="tsd-kind-call-signature">insert\_records\_random\_request</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">(</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">request</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/InsertRecordsRandomRequest" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">InsertRecordsRandomRequest</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /> <span className="tsd-kind-parameter">callback</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">?:</span> <a href="/content/api/javascript/types/GPUdbCallback" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-type-alias">GPUdbCallback</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">,</span><br /><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">)</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">:</span> <span className="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/InsertRecordsRandomResponse" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">InsertRecordsRandomResponse</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></div>

        <div className="tsd-description">
          <div className="tsd-comment tsd-typography">
            <p>Generates a specified number of random records and adds them to the given table. There is an optional parameter that allows the user to customize the ranges of the column values. It also allows the user to specify linear profiles for some or all columns in which case linear values are generated rather than random ones. Only individual tables are supported for this operation.</p>
            <p>This operation is synchronous, meaning that a response will not be returned until all random records are fully available.</p>
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            <h4 className="tsd-parameters-title">Parameters</h4>

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                <span><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">request</span>: <a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/InsertRecordsRandomRequest" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">InsertRecordsRandomRequest</a></span>

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                  <p>Request object containing the parameters for the operation</p>
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                <span><code className="tsd-tag">Optional</code><span className="tsd-kind-parameter">callback</span>: <a href="/content/api/javascript/types/GPUdbCallback" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-type-alias">GPUdbCallback</a></span>

                <div className="tsd-comment tsd-typography">
                  <p>Optional callback function</p>
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          <h4 className="tsd-returns-title">Returns <span className="tsd-signature-type">Promise</span><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">\<</span><a href="/content/api/javascript/interfaces/InsertRecordsRandomResponse" className="tsd-signature-type tsd-kind-interface">InsertRecordsRandomResponse</a><span className="tsd-signature-symbol">></span></h4>
          <p>Promise\<Types.InsertRecordsRandomResponse> - Promise resolving to the response</p>

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              <li>Defined in <a href="https://github.com/kineticadb/kinetica-api-typescript/blob/master/src/GPUdb.ts#L11651">src/GPUdb.ts:11651</a></li>
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