# Run data generation jobs

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Included in the Basic API.
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## Add a data generation job to the queue

After you complete the workspace configuration and verify that there are no conflicting schema changes, to start a data generation job, use:

[<mark style="background-color:green;">**POST**</mark>**&#x20;/api/GenerateData/start**](https://app.tonic.ai/apidocs/index.html#/GenerateData/Start)

If the request to create the job is successful, the response returns `id`, the identifier of the job.

You use the job identifier to monitor the job.

## Monitor the status of a job

After you create the data generation job, to get the status of the job, use:

[<mark style="background-color:blue;">**GET**</mark>**&#x20;/api/job/{jobId}**](https://app.tonic.ai/apidocs/index.html#/Job/GetJob)

You can poll this API endpoint regularly to get periodic updates on the job status.&#x20;

For information on how to use the Structural application to track job status, go to [Viewing workspace jobs and job details](/app/workspace/jobs.md).


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