---
title: "Retrieve a batched background operation"
method: GET
path: "/api/v4/admin/batched_background_operations/{id}"
tags: ["batched_background_operations"]
---

# Retrieve a batched background operation

`GET /api/v4/admin/batched_background_operations/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://gitlab.com`
- URL: `https://gitlab.com/api/v4/admin/batched_background_operations/{id}`
- Auth: none declared

This feature was introduced in GitLab 19.1.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Query parameters

- `database` 'main' | 'ci' | 'sec' | 'embedding' | 'geo'

## Response `200`

Retrieve a batched background operation

- APIEntitiesBatchedBackgroundOperation: API_Entities_BatchedBackgroundOperation model
  - `id` string, required
  - `partition` integer, required
  - `job_class_name` string, required
  - `table_name` string, required
  - `column_name` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `started_at` string, date-time, required
  - `finished_at` string, date-time, required
  - `on_hold_until` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `401`: 401 Unauthorized
- `403`: 403 Forbidden
- `404`: 404 Not found

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api/revisions/b234947ef3f2?raw)