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Insight Queries (IQ 1.0)

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This page contains the essential endpoints of the InfoSum API that help users securely analysize data via insight queries, allowing the user to plan and provide insights based on data. You can download the swagger file above or email solutions@infosum.com to share a Postman Collection.

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Insight Queries

Insight Queries allow you to analyze connected data across multiple Bunkers in the InfoSum Platform while preserving privacy. Using InfoSum’s Insight Query Language (IQL), a syntax loosely based on SQL, you can securely intersect, filter, and enrich datasets you own as well as those you have permission to query inside collaborations. Unlike activation queries, which return individual identifiers, insight queries always generate anonymized aggregated statistical results. This means you can explore overlaps, audience definitions, and category breakdowns without moving or exposing raw data.

With insight queries you can:

  • Reference one or more Bunkers, which are automatically joined where common keys exist.

  • Apply filters to focus on specific audiences or subsets of data.

  • Enrich analyses by incorporating categories from additional Bunkers.

  • Use functions such as counts, aggregations, or top-N lookups to build detailed reports.

Task List

  1. Create a insight query

  2. Optional: Check if query ran successfully

  3. Get results of query

    Parameter Reference Table

    Step Number Parameter Name Parameter Structure Where to find it When to collect
    1 Query "SELECT self.ID FROM self INTERSECT them" Write it in Query Tool Have ready before hand.
    2, 3 Query ID xx Response from step 1 Can be grabbed from output of step 1

Example Insight Queries

Refer to the InfoSum Query Type Documentation for full details.

Basic Query Examples:

  • COUNT
    • SELECT COUNT() FROM bunker
    • Returns the total number of rows in the specified bunker.
  • AGGREGATE
    • SELECT AGGREGATE(column) FROM bunker
      • Counts the number of values in a specific category.
    • SELECT AGGREGATE(bunkerA.column1, bunkerB.column2) FROM bunkerA INTERSECT bunkerB
      • Returns counts of values broken down by two categories from different bunkers.
  • TOPN
    • SELECT TOPN(column, n) FROM bunker
      • Retrieves the top n most frequently occurring values in a high-cardinality column, such as job titles or ZIP codes.

Advanced Functions:

  • SUM
    • SELECT SUM(field), AVG(field) FROM bunker
    • Computes total and average of a numeric field.
    • ⚠️ This feature is currently in Beta and may not be available to all users.
  • Filtering with WHERE statements
    • Example: SELECT AGGREGATE(column) FROM bunker WHERE age > 25
    • Learn more in the Filtering Guide.
  • Datetime filtering
    • Example: SELECT COUNT() FROM bunker WHERE transaction_date >= '2024-01-01' AND transaction_date <= '2024-06-30'
    • Enables filtering by date or datetime columns using standard comparison operators.
    • Learn more in the Datetime Filter Guide.

Insight Queries

1. Create an Insight Query

Queue an Insight Query for execution. Returns immediately with an ID of the Query created.

Authorizations:
apikeyAuth
header Parameters
Content-Type
string
Example: application/json
Accept
string
Example: application/json
Request Body schema: application/json
query
required
string

The IQL query to execute

collaboration_id
string

Optional collaboration ID to run the query within

Responses

Request samples

Content type
application/json
{
  • "query": "SELECT COUNT() FROM dataset",
  • "collaboration_id": "string"
}

Response samples

Content type
application/json
{
  • "query_id": "string",
  • "done": true
}

2. Check Query Status

Check if an insight query has completed processing.

Authorizations:
apikeyAuth
path Parameters
query_id
required
string

The ID of the query to check

header Parameters
Accept
string
Example: application/json

Responses

Response samples

Content type
application/json
{
  • "done": true,
  • "status": "pending",
  • "error": "string"
}

3. Get Query Results

Get the results of a completed insight query.

Authorizations:
apikeyAuth
path Parameters
query_id
required
string

The ID of the query to get results for

header Parameters
Accept
string
Example: application/json

Responses

Response samples

Content type
application/json
{
  • "query_id": "string",
  • "status": "completed",
  • "results": [
    ],
  • "metadata": {
    }
}