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URL: http://<db.host>:<db.port>/alter/datasource
Alters the properties of an existing data source.

Input Parameter Description

name
string
Name of the data source to be altered. Must be an existing data source.
datasource_updates_map
map of string to strings
Map containing the properties of the data source to be updated. Error if empty.
options
map of string to strings
Optional parameters.

Output Parameter Description

The Kinetica server embeds the endpoint response inside a standard response structure which contains status information and the actual response to the query. Here is a description of the various fields of the wrapper:
status
String
‘OK’ or ‘ERROR’
message
String
Empty if success or an error message
data_type
String
‘alter_datasource_response’ or ‘none’ in case of an error
data
String
Empty string
data_str
JSON or String
This embedded JSON represents the result of the /alter/datasource endpoint:Empty string in case of an error.