diff --git a/testBaseData/exampleDatasetAsNdjson/database_config.yaml b/testBaseData/exampleDatasetAsNdjson/database_config.yaml
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index 1bcb4f78a..000000000
--- a/testBaseData/exampleDatasetAsNdjson/database_config.yaml
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-schema:
-  instanceName: sars_cov-2_minimal_test_config
-  metadata:
-    - name: gisaid_epi_isl
-      type: string
-    - name: date
-      type: date
-    - name: unsorted_date
-      type: date
-    - name: region
-      type: string
-      generateIndex: true
-    - name: country
-      type: string
-      generateIndex: true
-    - name: pango_lineage
-      type: pango_lineage
-    - name: division
-      type: string
-      generateIndex: true
-    - name: age
-      type: int
-    - name: qc_value
-      type: float
-    - name: test_boolean_column
-      type: boolean
-    - name: nucleotideInsertions
-      type: insertion
-    - name: aminoAcidInsertions
-      type: aaInsertion
-  primaryKey: gisaid_epi_isl
-  dateToSortBy: date
-  partitionBy: pango_lineage
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diff --git a/testBaseData/exampleDatasetAsNdjson/database_config.yaml b/testBaseData/exampleDatasetAsNdjson/database_config.yaml
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+../exampleDataset/database_config.yaml
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