# partial response

**URL:** <https://community.cumulocity.com/t/partial-response/81>\
**Category:** Forum\
**Tags:** cumulocity\
**Created:** [April 2, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/partial-response/81 "2020-04-02T11:01:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Uwe\_Konig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecb155/32.png) [@Uwe\_Konig](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Uwe_Konig)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/partial-response/81/1 "2020-04-02T11:01:48Z")

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Hi,

im very new to the topic api and cumulocity. i know about the term “partial response” often used like this: …/?fields=name, id  
is there also a possibility for cumulocity api or cant i find it? or is it just possible with smart rest templates?

thx for your help in advance.

Greetings Uwe

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Welsing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3e96dc/32.png) [@Michael\_Welsing](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Michael_Welsing)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 10:26am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/partial-response/81/2 "2020-04-21T10:26:33Z")

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Hi Uwe,

sorry for the late reply. Can you please explain a little bit more what you are trying?

best regards  
Michael

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**Author:** ![Uwe\_Konig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecb155/32.png) [@Uwe\_Konig](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Uwe_Konig)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/partial-response/81/3 "2020-04-27T10:10:29Z")

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lets say i want the data of a specific device, i would get this answer:

```auto

{
            "additionParents": {
                "self": "...",
                "references": []
            },
            "owner": "...",
            "childDevices": {
                "self": "...",
                "references": []
            },
            "childAssets": {
                "self": "...",
                "references": []
            },
            "creationTime": "...",
            "type": "...",
            "lastUpdated": "...",
            "childAdditions": {
                "self": "......",
                "references": []
            },
            "name": "...",
            "assetParents": {
                "self": "...",
                "references": []
            },
            "deviceParents": {
                "self": "...",
                "references": []
            },
            "self": "...",
            "id": "...",
            "com_cumulocity_model_Agent": {},
            "c8y_IsDevice": {},
            "c8y_SupportedOperations": []
        }
```

now i just want the id and name for example and not the rest. what do i have to do?

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**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.cumulocity.com/system/32/31990_2.png) [@system](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/partial-response/81/4 "2021-04-02T15:44:26Z")

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