Manage API Profiles

You can customize how DataSync interacts with your data source by editing or updating an API Profile (.apip) used with the Custom API connector. By modifying API profile and table definition files (.rsd), you can change field mappings, adjust nesting levels, and refine data extraction behaviors.

Edit an API profile

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The value inside the <api:set attr="RepeatElement"> tag indicates the nesting level:

• If there is a /, the attributes are at the root level. In this case, refer to Basic API profiles (flat attributes).
• Otherwise, edit the API profile directly.

1. Go to the directory where the API profiles are stored.
2. Rename the API profile file from .apip to .zip.
3. Extract the contents using a file archive application such as WinZip, 7-Zip, or WinRAR.
4. Open the relevant .rsd file in a text editor.
5. Follow the procedures in Basic API profiles (flat attributes) or Advanced API profiles (nested and complex attributes), depending on the profile structure.

Update an API profile in DataSync

If you modify an .rsd file, you must recreate the connection in DataSync for the changes to apply:

1. Delete the related extraction and the connection linked to the API profile.
2. Create a new custom API source connector and configure the update connection.
3. Add a new extraction.
4. Run the extraction to retrieve updated data.