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# Map the results to a tabular format

The Output Module supports a tabular output format and uses a different kind of `ViewConfig`, called `TableViewConfig`. `TableViewConfig` has a `Columns` mapping section that assigns each selected field to a column. The previous examples use the `ViewConfig` as input to the API to produce a JSON tree format.

The following example uses `TableViewConfig`. This is available under the same `{{domain}}/rest/2.0/outputModule/export/json` endpoint, just using the `TableViewConfig` as the JSON payload.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="JSON" %}

```json
{
  "TableViewConfig": {
    "displayLength": 5,
    "displayStart": 10,
    "Resources": {
      "Community": {
        "Id": { "name": "communityId" },
        "Name": { "name": "communityName" },
        "Description": { "name": "communityDescription" }
      }
    },
    "Columns": [
      { "Column": { "fieldName": "communityId" } },
      { "Column": { "fieldName": "communityName" } },
      { "Column": { "fieldName": "communityDescription" } }
    ]
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="YAML" %}

```yaml
---
TableViewConfig:
  displayLength: 5
  displayStart: 10
  Resources:
    Community:
      Id:
        name: "communityId"
      Name:
        name: "communityName"
      Description:
        name: "communityDescription"
  Columns:
  -
    Column:
      fieldName: "communityId"
  -
    Column:
      fieldName: "communityName"
  -
    Column:
      fieldName: "communityDescription"
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

When formatted, this query produces an array of rows, each containing the requested columns.

```json
{
    "iTotalDisplayRecords": 48,
    "iTotalRecords": 5,
    "aaData": [
        {
            "communityId": "12345678-0006-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "communityName": "Simple Community 6",
            "communityDescription": ""
        },
        {
            "communityId": "12345678-0007-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "communityName": "Simple Community 7",
            "communityDescription": ""
        },
        {
            "communityId": "12345678-0008-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "communityName": "Simple Community 8",
            "communityDescription": ""
        },
        {
            "communityId": "12345678-0009-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "communityName": "Simple Community 9",
            "communityDescription": ""
        },
        {
            "communityId": "12345678-0010-0000-0000-000000000000",
            "communityName": "Simple Community 10",
            "communityDescription": ""
        }
    ]
}
```

{% hint style="info" %}
Because the `Columns` mapping determines what should be returned, setting `hidden: true` on a property has no effect in a `TableViewConfig`.
{% endhint %}

In the following example, the "displayLength" value is set to 0. This query shows the number of entities without retrieving actual results.

{% hint style="info" %}
The JSON Data Table output contains the total number of available records in Collibra for this query, which is `iTotalDisplayRecords`. It also contains the number of records returned in this set, which is `iTotalRecords`.
{% endhint %}

```json
{
    "iTotalDisplayRecords": 48,
    "iTotalRecords": 0,
    "aaData": []
}
```

You can use the `TableViewConfig` queries with the following endpoints:

* `{{domain}}/rest/2.0/outputModule/export/{{json | csv}}`
* `{{domain}}/rest/2.0/outputModule/export/{{json | csv | excel}}-file`
* `{{domain}}/rest/2.0/outputModule/export/{{json | csv | excel}}-job`


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