# Collate Columns API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-columns-api/  
**Provider:** Collate — https://apis.io/providers/collate/  
**Base URL:** https://sandbox.open-metadata.org/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/api-reference

Collate Columns API is one of 107 APIs that [Collate](https://apis.io/providers/collate/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Columns. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Columns represent individual data fields within tables and dashboard data models. This API provides operations to update column metadata such as tags, glossary terms, descriptions, and other properties using the column's fully qualified name.

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/v1/columns/bulk-update-async` | Bulk update columns asynchronously |
| POST | `/v1/columns/bulk-update-preview` | Preview bulk column updates (dry-run) |
| GET | `/v1/columns/export` | Export unique column names to CSV |
| GET | `/v1/columns/name/{fqn}` | Get a column by fully qualified name |
| PUT | `/v1/columns/name/{fqn}` | Update a column by fully qualified name |
| GET | `/v1/columns/grid` | Get column grid with metadata grouping |
| POST | `/v1/columns/import` | Import column metadata from CSV (with dry-run) |
| POST | `/v1/columns/import-async` | Import column metadata from CSV asynchronously |
| GET | `/v1/columns/search` | Search and group columns by name |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/collate/refs/heads/main/openapi/collate-columns-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/api-reference
- **APIReference** — https://docs.open-metadata.org/latest/api-reference

## Other Collate APIs (12)

- [Collate Activity Stream API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-activity-stream-api/)
- [Collate Agent Executions API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-agent-executions-api/)
- [Collate AI Applications API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-ai-applications-api/)
- [Collate AI Audit Reports API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-ai-audit-reports-api/)
- [Collate AI Context API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-ai-context-api/)
- [Collate AI Framework Controls API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-ai-framework-controls-api/)
- [Collate AI Governance API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-ai-governance-api/)
- [Collate AI Governance Frameworks API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-ai-governance-frameworks-api/)
- [Collate AI Governance Policies API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-ai-governance-policies-api/)
- [Collate Announcements API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-announcements-api/)
- [Collate API Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-api-collections-api/)
- [Collate API Endpoint API](https://apis.io/apis/collate/collate-api-endpoint-api/)

## Tags

Columns

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