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# IDataSourceScanRequest

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-model](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/index.md)
- Kind: interface
- Stability: alpha
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-model/src/dataSources/physicalModel.ts

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

Options of a data source scan.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export interface IDataSourceScanRequest 
```

## Properties

| Property | Modifiers | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [scanTables](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.idatasourcescanrequest/index.md#idatasourcescanrequestscantables) |  | boolean | **_(ALPHA)_** |
| [scanViews](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.idatasourcescanrequest/index.md#idatasourcescanrequestscanviews) |  | boolean | **_(ALPHA)_** |
| [schemata?](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.idatasourcescanrequest/index.md#idatasourcescanrequestschemata) |  | string[] | **_(ALPHA)_** _(Optional)_ Schemata to scan. When not set, the backend scans the schema of the data source. |
| [separator](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.idatasourcescanrequest/index.md#idatasourcescanrequestseparator) |  | string | **_(ALPHA)_** Separator of the parts of table and column names that the backend uses to detect LDM objects. |
| [tablePrefix?](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.idatasourcescanrequest/index.md#idatasourcescanrequesttableprefix) |  | string | **_(ALPHA)_** _(Optional)_ |
| [viewPrefix?](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-model/sdk-model.idatasourcescanrequest/index.md#idatasourcescanrequestviewprefix) |  | string | **_(ALPHA)_** _(Optional)_ |

## Property details

### IDataSourceScanRequest.scanTables

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

**Signature:**

```typescript
scanTables: boolean;
```

### IDataSourceScanRequest.scanViews

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

**Signature:**

```typescript
scanViews: boolean;
```

### IDataSourceScanRequest.schemata

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

Schemata to scan. When not set, the backend scans the schema of the data source.

**Signature:**

```typescript
schemata?: string[];
```

### IDataSourceScanRequest.separator

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

Separator of the parts of table and column names that the backend uses to detect LDM objects.

**Signature:**

```typescript
separator: string;
```

### IDataSourceScanRequest.tablePrefix

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

**Signature:**

```typescript
tablePrefix?: string;
```

### IDataSourceScanRequest.viewPrefix

> **Alpha API.** Initial API, highly likely to change outside SemVer. Don't build on it in production. See [API maturity](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/integrations/platform/api-maturity/index.md).
> 

**Signature:**

```typescript
viewPrefix?: string;
```