Delete ES|QL datasets Technical preview

DELETE /_query/dataset/{name}

Deletes one or more datasets used in ES|QL data federation. If any specified dataset does not exist, the request fails and no datasets are deleted.

Required authorization

  • Index privileges: manage
ES|QL Data Federation

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    A comma-separated list of dataset names to delete.

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.

DELETE /_query/dataset/{name}
DELETE /_query/dataset/access_logs
resp = client.esql.delete_dataset(
    name="access_logs",
)
const response = await client.esql.deleteDataset({
  name: "access_logs",
});
response = client.esql.delete_dataset(
  name: "access_logs"
)
$resp = $client->esql()->deleteDataset([
    "name" => "access_logs",
]);
curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_query/dataset/access_logs"
Response examples (200)
The dataset definition was deleted successfully.
{
  "acknowledged": true
}