# Full versus condensed objects

Some methods in the Qlik Sense Repository Service (QRS) API return objects. The following object types may be returned:

* Full object: The object includes all properties for the entity type.
* Condensed object: The object includes the ID property and zero or more pre-selected properties, which may vary between different entity types. Condensed objects are used to reduce the amount of data to transfer.

Example: Fetching a server node configuration entity from the QRS

The full object for the server node configuration entity includes all properties:

```
{
   "customProperties": [],
   "name": "MyServerNodeConfiguration",
   "hostName": "qlik.com",
   "isCentral": false,
   "engineEnabled": true,
   "proxyEnabled": false,
   "schedulerEnabled": true,
   "tags": [],
   "temporaryfilepath": "",
   "binaryfileRootpath": "",
   "privileges": null,
   "id": "6baa5c73-af76-48c8-a5e8-c185c86a885c",
   "createdDate": "2013-10-25T11:56:42.498Z",
   "modifiedDate": "2013-10-25T11:56:42.498Z",
   "modifiedByUserName": "INTERNAL\\sa_repository",
   "schemaPath": "ServerNodeConfiguration"
}
```

The condensed object for the server node configuration entity includes a pre-defined sub-set of the properties:

```
{
   "name": "MyServerNodeConfiguration",
   "hostName": "qlik.com",
   "temporaryfilepath": "",
   "binaryfileRootpath": "",
   "privileges": null,
   "id": "4bb7c8ea-da49-4b05-abeb-8a2d4334b995"
}
```