---
title: "POST /api/ee/replacement/check-replace-source"
method: POST
path: "/api/ee/replacement/check-replace-source"
tags: ["/api/ee/replacement"]
---

# POST /api/ee/replacement/check-replace-source

`POST /api/ee/replacement/check-replace-source`

Check whether a source entity can be replaced by a target entity. Returns compatibility
  errors describing column mismatches, type mismatches, primary key mismatches, and foreign
  key mismatches.

## Request body

- object
  - `source_entity_id` union, required
    - integer — Valid Card ID
    - integer — Valid Table ID
  - `source_entity_type` 'card' | 'table' | 'transform', required
  - `target_entity_id` union, required
    - integer — Valid Card ID
    - integer — Valid Table ID
  - `target_entity_type` 'card' | 'table' | 'transform', required

## Response `2XX`

Successful response

- MetabaseEnterpriseReplacementSchemaCheckReplaceSourceResponse
  - `column_mappings` MetabaseEnterpriseReplacementSchemaColumnMapping[]
    - `errors` MetabaseSourceSwapSchemaColumnError[]
    - `source` MetabaseEnterpriseReplacementSchemaColumn
      - `base_type` string, nullable, required
      - `display_name` string, required
      - `effective_type` string, nullable, required
      - `id` integer, required — Valid Field ID
      - `name` string, required
      - `semantic_type` string, nullable, required
    - `target` MetabaseEnterpriseReplacementSchemaColumn
      - `base_type` string, nullable, required
      - `display_name` string, required
      - `effective_type` string, nullable, required
      - `id` integer, required — Valid Field ID
      - `name` string, required
      - `semantic_type` string, nullable, required
  - `errors` MetabaseEnterpriseReplacementSchemaErrorType[]
  - `success` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `4XX` — Client error response
- `5XX` — Server error response

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