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+{
+  "fields": {
+    "description": {
+      "help_text": "short description of the Computer",
+      "display_name": "Description",
+      "is_display": false
+    },
+    "enabled": {
+      "help_text": "True(False) if the computer is(not) enabled to run jobs",
+      "display_name": "Enabled",
+      "is_display": true
+    },
+    "hostname": {
+      "help_text": "Name of the host",
+      "display_name": "Host",
+      "is_display": true
+    },
+    "id": {
+      "help_text": "Id of the object",
+      "display_name": "Id",
+      "is_display": true
+    },
+    "name": {
+      "help_text": "Name of the object",
+      "display_name": "Name",
+      "is_display": true
+    },
+    "scheduler_type": {
+      "help_text": "Scheduler type",
+      "valid_choices": {
+        "direct": {
+          "doc": "Support for the direct execution bypassing schedulers."
+        },
+        "pbsbaseclasses.PbsBaseClass": {
+          "doc": "Base class with support for the PBSPro scheduler"
+        },
+        "pbspro": {
+          "doc": "Subclass to support the PBSPro scheduler"
+        },
+        "sge": {
+          "doc": "Support for the Sun Grid Engine scheduler and its variants/forks (Son of Grid Engine, Oracle Grid Engine, ...)"
+        },
+        "slurm": {
+          "doc": "Support for the SLURM scheduler (http://slurm.schedmd.com/)."
+        },
+        "torque": {
+          "doc": "Subclass to support the Torque scheduler.."
+        }
+      },
+      "display_name": "Scheduler",
+      "is_display": true
+    },
+    "metadata": {
+      "help_text": "metadata of the object",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Metadata"
+    },
+    "_metadata": {
+      "help_text": "Metadata",
+      "display_name": "Metadata",
+      "is_display": false
+    },
+    "transport_params": {
+      "help_text": "Transport Parameters",
+      "display_name": "",
+      "is_display": false
+    },
+    "transport_type": {
+      "help_text": "Transport Type",
+      "valid_choices": {
+        "local": {
+          "doc": "Support copy and command execution on the same host on which AiiDA is running via direct file copy and execution commands."
+        },
+        "ssh": {
+          "doc": "Support connection, command execution and data transfer to remote computers via SSH+SFTP."
+        }
+      },
+      "display_name": "Transport type",
+      "is_display": false
+    },
+    "label": {
+      "help_text": "User-assigned label",
+      "display_name": "Label",
+      "is_display": false
+    },
+    "type": {
+      "help_text": "Code type",
+      "display_name": "Type",
+      "is_display": true
+    },
+    "uuid": {
+      "help_text": "Universally Unique Identifier",
+      "display_name": "Unique ID",
+      "is_display": false
+    },
+    "ctime": {
+      "help_text": "Creation time of the node",
+      "is_display": true,
+      "display_name": "Creation time"
+    },
+    "time": {
+      "help_text": "Creation time",
+      "display_name": "Creation time",
+      "is_display": true
+    },
+    "mtime": {
+      "help_text": "Last modification time",
+      "display_name": "Last Modification time",
+      "is_display": true
+    },
+    "state": {
+      "help_text": "State of the calculation",
+      "is_display": true,
+      "display_name": "State"
+    },
+    "first_name": {
+      "help_text": "First name of the user",
+      "is_display": true,
+      "display_name": "First name"
+    },
+    "last_name": {
+      "help_text": "Last name of the user",
+      "is_display": true,
+      "display_name": "Last name"
+    },
+    "email": {
+      "help_text": "e-mail of the user",
+      "is_display": true,
+      "display_name": "email"
+    },
+    "institution": {
+      "help_text": "Affiliation of the user",
+      "is_display": true,
+      "display_name": "Institution"
+    },
+    "date_joined": {
+      "help_text": "Date and time of registration",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "User since"
+    },
+    "last_login": {
+      "help_text": "Date and time of the last login",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Last login"
+    },
+    "is_active": {
+      "help_text": "True(False) if the user is active(not)",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Active"
+    },
+    "user_id": {
+      "help_text": "Id of the user that created the node",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Id of creator"
+    },
+    "user_email": {
+      "help_text": "Email of the user that created the node",
+      "is_display": true,
+      "display_name": "Email of creator"
+    },
+    "attributes": {
+      "help_text": "Attributes of the node",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Attributes"
+    },
+    "attributes.job_id": {
+      "help_text": "ID assigned by the job scheduler",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Job ID"
+    },
+    "attributes.lat_jobinfo": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": ""
+    },
+    "attributes.jobresource_params": {
+      "help_text": "Resources used by the job",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Job resources"
+    },
+    "attributes.linkname_retrieved": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": ""
+    },
+    "attributes.max_wallclock_seconds": {
+      "help_text": "Maximum wall time assigned by the scheduler",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Walltime (s)"
+    },
+    "attributes.parser": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": ""
+    },
+    "attributes.remote_workdir": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": ""
+    },
+    "attributes.retrieve_list": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": ""
+    },
+    "attributes.retrieve_singlefile_list": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": ""
+    },
+    "attributes.scheduler_lastchecktime": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": ""
+    },
+    "attributes.state": {
+      "help_text": "AiiDA state of the calculation",
+      "is_display": true,
+      "display_name": "State"
+    },
+    "attributes.scheduler_state": {
+      "help_text": "scheduler state for the calculation",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "scheduler state"
+    },
+    "attributes.append_text": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Appended text"
+    },
+    "attributes.prepend_text": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Prepended text"
+    },
+    "attributes.remote_exec_path": {
+      "help_text": "",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": ""
+    },
+    "attributes.input_plugin": {
+      "help_text": "Name of the plugin used to interface the code to AiiDA",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Plugin"
+    },
+    "attributes.is_local": {
+      "help_text": "True (False) if the code is run remotely (on a local computer)",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Local code (T/F)"
+    },
+    "attributes.": {
+      "help_text": "Name of the link assigned after retrieval",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Linkname retrieved"
+    },
+    "extras": {
+      "help_text": "Extras of the node",
+      "is_display": false,
+      "display_name": "Extras"
+    }
+  },
+  "columns": {
+    "nodes": [
+      "id",
+      "label",
+      "type",
+      "ctime",
+      "mtime",
+      "uuid",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "attributes",
+      "extras"
+    ],
+    "codes": [
+      "id",
+      "label",
+      "type",
+      "ctime",
+      "mtime",
+      "uuid",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "attributes",
+      "extras"
+    ],
+    "calculations": [
+      "id",
+      "label",
+      "type",
+      "ctime",
+      "mtime",
+      "uuid",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "attributes.state",
+      "attributes",
+      "extras"
+    ],
+    "data": [
+      "id",
+      "label",
+      "type",
+      "ctime",
+      "mtime",
+      "uuid",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "attributes",
+      "extras"
+    ],
+    "structures": [
+      "id",
+      "label",
+      "type",
+      "ctime",
+      "mtime",
+      "uuid",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "attributes",
+      "extras"
+    ],
+    "kpoints": [
+      "id",
+      "label",
+      "type",
+      "ctime",
+      "mtime",
+      "uuid",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "attributes",
+      "extras"
+    ],
+    "bands": [
+      "id",
+      "label",
+      "type",
+      "ctime",
+      "mtime",
+      "uuid",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "attributes",
+      "extras"
+    ],
+    "upfs": [
+      "id",
+      "label",
+      "type",
+      "ctime",
+      "mtime",
+      "uuid",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "attributes",
+      "extras"
+    ],
+    "groups": [
+      "id",
+      "name",
+      "type",
+      "description",
+      "user_id",
+      "user_email",
+      "uuid"
+    ],
+    "computers": [
+      "id",
+      "name",
+      "hostname",
+      "description",
+      "enabled",
+      "scheduler_type",
+      "transport_type",
+      "transport_params",
+      "uuid"
+    ],
+    "users": [
+      "id",
+      "first_name",
+      "last_name",
+      "email",
+      "institution",
+      "date_joined",
+      "last_login",
+      "is_active"
+    ]
+  }
+}