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guessFieldTypeForField() function

guessFieldTypeForField() function

Looks at the data to guess the column type. This ignores any existing setting

Signature

typescript
export declare function guessFieldTypeForField(field: Field): FieldType | undefined;

Import

typescript
import { guessFieldTypeForField } from '@grafana/data';

Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
fieldField

Returns:

FieldType | undefined