# Using the Structural API to perform tasks

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The examples and documentation are based on the most recently released version of the Tonic Structural API.
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For more detailed information about the Structural API endpoints, parameters, and responses, go to the Structural generated [API documentation](https://docs.tonic.ai/app/api-documentation#viewing-generated-api-documentation).

## Configure Structural

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Configure environment settings</strong></td><td>Configure values of selected Structural environment settings.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-configure-environment-settings">tonic-api-configure-environment-settings</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Manage generator presets (Advanced API)</strong></td><td>Configure generator presets.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/api-generator-presets">api-generator-presets</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Manage custom sensitivity rules (Advanced API)</strong></td><td>Define rules to detect sensitivity types that are specific to your data.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/api-custom-sensitivity-rules">api-custom-sensitivity-rules</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Connect to your data

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Create a workspace</strong></td><td>Create a new workspace.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-create-workspace">tonic-api-create-workspace</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Connect to source and destination data</strong></td><td>Establish the connections to the source and destination databases.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-data-connections">tonic-api-data-connections</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Manage file groups</strong></td><td>Create and manage file groups in a file connector workspace.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-file-groups">tonic-api-file-groups</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

## Configure and run data generation

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Assign table modes (Advanced API)</strong></td><td>Assign table modes to tables in the source data.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-table-modes">tonic-api-table-modes</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Set column sensitivity</strong></td><td>Indicate manually whether columns contain sensitive information.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-column-sensitivity">tonic-api-column-sensitivity</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Assign generators (Advanced API)</strong></td><td>Assign generators to source data columns.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-generator-assignment">tonic-api-generator-assignment</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Update subsetting configuration (Advanced API)</strong></td><td>Configure subsetting to generate a smaller set of transformed data.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-subsetting-config">tonic-api-subsetting-config</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>View and resolve schema changes</strong></td><td>View and resolve changes to the source data schema.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-schema-changes">tonic-api-schema-changes</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Run data generation</strong></td><td>Start a data generation job.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/tonic-api-data-generation">tonic-api-data-generation</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Schedule data generation</strong></td><td>Create and manage automated schedules for data generation.</td><td></td><td><a href="quick-start-guide/api-data-generation-schedule">api-data-generation-schedule</a></td></tr></tbody></table>


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