Modeling XML/JSON/CSV Data

The DataModel property controls how your data is represented into tables.

• Document (default): Model a top-level, document view of your REST data. The provider returns nested object arrays as aggregated XML/JSON/CSV objects.
• FlattenedDocuments: Implicitly join nested array objects and parent objects into a single table.
• Relational: View nested object arrays as individual, related tables containing a primary key and a foreign key that links to the parent document.

Set Format to XML, JSON, or CSV in accordance with the data structuring standard used by the REST source you want to connect to. and set DataModel to more closely match the data representation to the structure of your data.

Next Steps

• See Modeling REST Data for information on customizing schema discovery and executing SQL to REST.
• See Fine-Tuning Data Access for more advanced connection settings: fine-tune the default data modeling settings, connect through a firewall, or troubleshoot connections.