cube-js/cube

Add joins in /meta

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#3,456 opened on Sep 20, 2021

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Description

I am building a data table editor for the end user. I want the end user to be able to pick the desired columns he wants to see in the table.

To do so, I want the user to select a cube first, then to pick from the related dimensions, as well as join dimensions, he wants to see as columns.

I can get the cubes and related dimensions with /v1/meta but it is missing the joins.

The solution /v1/meta endpoint to return joins as well for each cube.

With joins, we could aggregate dimensions for a desired Cube with the ones from its joined cubes.

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Research direction
Examine the current /v1/meta implementation in the Cube.js API server. Locate where cubes and dimensions are returned and extend the response to include join definitions from the data model schema. Test with a sample schema that defines joins.
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javascripttypescriptrust
Domain
backendapi
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3
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