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Interactive Mode

  • 2026-04-20
  • Peer Grønnerup
Applies to:
  • ❌ Tabular Editor 2
  • ❌ Tabular Editor 3
  • ✔ Tabular Editor CLI
Important

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Interactive mode is a guided REPL (read-eval-print loop) for exploring a model from the terminal. It's the gentlest on-ramp for users who are new to command lines, and a convenient workspace for ad-hoc sessions against a single model.

Starting a session

te interactive                              # Start and connect to a model later
te interactive ./model                      # Start with a local model
te interactive -s MyWorkspace -d MyModel    # Start with a remote model

The session prints a welcome banner, shows the active model, and drops you at a model-aware prompt:

te [MyModel]>

If no model is set, the prompt is just te> — use connect <path> or connect <workspace> <model> inside the session to bind one.

Commands inside the session

Every te subcommand is available without the te prefix:

te [MyModel]> ls tables
te [MyModel]> get "Sales/Revenue" -q expression
te [MyModel]> query -q "EVALUATE TOPN(5, 'Sales')"
te [MyModel]> bpa run --fail-on error

Each command accepts --help the same way it does outside the session:

te [MyModel]> deploy --help

Built-in REPL commands

These are handled by the REPL itself, not the regular command tree:

Command Purpose
help or ? List available commands.
status or pwd Show the active model/connection.
clear or cls Clear the screen.
exit, quit, or q Exit interactive mode.

Guided prompts

When interactive mode is active, commands that need missing input prompt for it instead of failing. Running auth without a subcommand opens a picker for Login / Status / Logout; running deploy without --force shows a summary and asks for confirmation (n is the safe default).

To disable prompts for a single command inside the session, pass --non-interactive.

When to use interactive vs. non-interactive

  • Interactive mode is best for exploration, learning the CLI, one-off bulk edits against a single model, and demos.
  • Non-interactive mode (the default outside te interactive) is what you reach for when scripting, automating, or running in CI. See Automation and Scripting and CI/CD Integration.

The two share the same command tree — anything you run inside te interactive can be pasted into a shell script by prefixing it with te.