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_menu_ Types

ENUM

# RemoteType

Possible types of remote types

Types correspond to OLEDB types here: [https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#system.data/System/Data/OleDb/OLEDB\_Enum.cs,364"](https://referencesource.microsoft.com/#system.data/System/Data/OleDb/OLEDB_Enum.cs,364")

Types prefixed with 'WDC' correspond to Tableau's Web Data Connector types: [https://tableau.github.io/webdataconnector/docs/api\_ref.html#webdataconnectorapi.datatypeenum](https://tableau.github.io/webdataconnector/docs/api_ref.html#webdataconnectorapi.datatypeenum)

## [_link_](#graphql-schema-definition) GraphQL Schema definition

`   - enum RemoteType {  - EMPTY  - NULL  - I2  - I4  - R4  - R8  - CY  - DATE  - BSTR  - IDISPATCH  - ERROR  - BOOL  - VARIANT  - IUNKNOWN  - DECIMAL  - UI1  - ARRAY  - BYREF  - I1  - UI2  - UI4  - I8  - UI8  - GUID  - VECTOR  - FILETIME  - RESERVED  - BYTES  - STR  - WSTR  - NUMERIC  - UDT  - DBDATE  - DBTIME  - DBTIMESTAMP  - HCHAPTER  - PROPVARIANT  - VARNUMERIC  - WDC_INT  - WDC_FLOAT  - WDC_STRING  - WDC_DATETIME  - WDC_BOOL  - WDC_DATE  - WDC_GEOMETRY - }   `

## [_link_](#require-by) Require by

- [Column_GraphQL type for a table column_](https://help.tableau.com/current/api/metadata_api/en-us/reference/column.doc.html "Column - GraphQL type for a table column")