diff --git a/synthload/synthload_test.go b/synthload/synthload_test.go
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--- a/synthload/synthload_test.go
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-// Copyright 2017 Pilosa Corp.
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package synthload
-
-/* // still work in progress, comment out for now, since we
-   // are getting a hang on go1.13 in CI
-import (
-	"archive/tar"
-	"bytes"
-	"compress/gzip"
-	"context"
-	"encoding/json"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v2"
-	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v2/server"
-	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v2/test"
-)
-
-func Test_SynthLoad_ImportSchema(t *testing.T) {
-	c := test.MustRunCluster(t, 1,
-		[]server.CommandOption{
-			server.OptCommandServerOptions(
-				pilosa.OptServerNodeID("node0"),
-			)},
-	)
-	defer c.Close()
-
-	m0 := c.GetNode(0)
-
-	tarball := "testindex.tar.gz"
-
-	// get the holder.Path to write to
-	h := m0.API.Holder()
-	target := h.Path()
-	PanicOn(h.Close())
-
-	PanicOn(unpackTarball(tarball, target))
-
-	// reopen
-	PanicOn(h.Open())
-
-	qs := strings.Split(pql, "\n\n")
-	//vv("qs = '%#v'", qs)
-	for _, q := range qs {
-		req := &pilosa.QueryRequest{
-			// Index to execute query against.
-			Index: "testindex",
-
-			// The query string to parse and execute.
-			Query: q,
-
-			// // The shards to include in the query execution.
-			// // If empty, all shards are included.
-			// Shards []uint64
-
-			// // Return column attributes, if true.
-			// ColumnAttrs bool
-
-			// // Do not return row attributes, if true.
-			// ExcludeRowAttrs bool
-
-			// // Do not return columns, if true.
-			// ExcludeColumns bool
-
-			// // If true, indicates that query is part of a larger distributed query.
-			// // If false, this request is on the originating node.
-			// Remote bool
-
-			// // Should we profile this query?
-			// Profile bool
-
-			// // Additional data associated with the query, in cases where there's
-			// // row-style inputs for precomputed values.
-			// EmbeddedData []*Row
-		}
-
-		qr, err := m0.API.Query(context.Background(), req)
-		PanicOn(err)
-		vv("qr = '%#v'", qr)
-	}
-}
-
-var _ = applySchema
-
-func applySchema(m0 *test.Command, schemaStr string) {
-	// don't need schema now that we import the tarball, it has it all.
-	schema := &pilosa.Schema{}
-	err := json.NewDecoder(bytes.NewBufferString(schemaStr)).Decode(schema)
-	PanicOn(err)
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	remote := false
-	err = m0.API.ApplySchema(ctx, schema, remote)
-	PanicOn(err)
-}
-
-func unpackTarball(tarball, target string) error {
-
-	vv("target = '%v'", target)
-	fd, err := os.Open(tarball)
-	PanicOn(err)
-	defer fd.Close()
-	gz, err := gzip.NewReader(fd)
-	PanicOn(err)
-	defer gz.Close()
-
-	tarReader := tar.NewReader(gz)
-	for {
-		header, err := tarReader.Next()
-		if err == io.EOF {
-			break
-		} else if err != nil {
-			panic(err)
-		}
-
-		path := filepath.Join(target, header.Name)
-		info := header.FileInfo()
-		if info.IsDir() {
-			if err = os.MkdirAll(path, info.Mode()); err != nil {
-				PanicOn(err)
-			}
-			continue
-		}
-
-		file, err := os.OpenFile(path, os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_WRONLY, info.Mode())
-		PanicOn(err)
-
-		_, err = io.Copy(file, tarReader)
-		PanicOn(err)
-		file.Close()
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// mkdir o; bangbang schemator -o o
-var pql = `
-Count(All())
-
-Rows(field='bools',limit=10)
-Count(Row(bools='bool'))
-Count(Not(Row(bools='bool')))
-Count(Intersect(Row(bools='bool')))
-Count(Difference(Union(Row(bools='bool')),Intersect(Row(bools='bool'))))
-GroupBy(Rows(field='bools'),limit=10)
-
-Rows(field='bools-exists',limit=10)
-Count(Row(bools-exists='bool'))
-Count(Not(Row(bools-exists='bool')))
-Count(Intersect(Row(bools-exists='bool')))
-Count(Difference(Union(Row(bools-exists='bool')),Intersect(Row(bools-exists='bool'))))
-GroupBy(Rows(field='bools-exists'),limit=10)
-
-GroupBy(Rows(field='int'),limit=10)
-Min(field='int')
-Max(field='int')
-Sum(field='int')
-
-Rows(field='mutex',limit=10)
-Count(Row(mutex='12'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='12')))
-Count(Row(mutex='13'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='13')))
-Count(Row(mutex='0'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='0')))
-Count(Row(mutex='5'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='5')))
-Count(Row(mutex='2'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='2')))
-Count(Row(mutex='14'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='14')))
-Count(Row(mutex='3'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='3')))
-Count(Row(mutex='18'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='18')))
-Count(Row(mutex='7'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='7')))
-Count(Row(mutex='19'))
-Count(Not(Row(mutex='19')))
-Count(Intersect(Row(mutex='12'),Row(mutex='13'),Row(mutex='0'),Row(mutex='5'),Row(mutex='2'),Row(mutex='14'),Row(mutex='3'),Row(mutex='18'),Row(mutex='7'),Row(mutex='19')))
-Count(Difference(Union(Row(mutex='12'),Row(mutex='13'),Row(mutex='0'),Row(mutex='5'),Row(mutex='2'),Row(mutex='14'),Row(mutex='3'),Row(mutex='18'),Row(mutex='7'),Row(mutex='19')),Intersect(Row(mutex='12'),Row(mutex='13'),Row(mutex='0'),Row(mutex='5'),Row(mutex='2'),Row(mutex='14'),Row(mutex='3'),Row(mutex='18'),Row(mutex='7'),Row(mutex='19'))))
-GroupBy(Rows(field='mutex'),limit=10)
-
-Rows(field='set',limit=10)
-Count(Row(set='v621'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v621')))
-Count(Row(set='v997'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v997')))
-Count(Row(set='v772'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v772')))
-Count(Row(set='v340'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v340')))
-Count(Row(set='v766'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v766')))
-Count(Row(set='v416'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v416')))
-Count(Row(set='v481'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v481')))
-Count(Row(set='v581'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v581')))
-Count(Row(set='v591'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v591')))
-Count(Row(set='v675'))
-Count(Not(Row(set='v675')))
-Count(Intersect(Row(set='v621'),Row(set='v997'),Row(set='v772'),Row(set='v340'),Row(set='v766'),Row(set='v416'),Row(set='v481'),Row(set='v581'),Row(set='v591'),Row(set='v675')))
-Count(Difference(Union(Row(set='v621'),Row(set='v997'),Row(set='v772'),Row(set='v340'),Row(set='v766'),Row(set='v416'),Row(set='v481'),Row(set='v581'),Row(set='v591'),Row(set='v675')),Intersect(Row(set='v621'),Row(set='v997'),Row(set='v772'),Row(set='v340'),Row(set='v766'),Row(set='v416'),Row(set='v481'),Row(set='v581'),Row(set='v591'),Row(set='v675'))))
-GroupBy(Rows(field='set'),limit=10)
-
-Rows(field='string',limit=10)
-Count(Row(string='KPFGWOYUGTCF'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='KPFGWOYUGTCF')))
-Count(Row(string='VNSHWDTNELDA'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='VNSHWDTNELDA')))
-Count(Row(string='LTDOGKKFGZPW'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='LTDOGKKFGZPW')))
-Count(Row(string='EETNIIDCDZHB'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='EETNIIDCDZHB')))
-Count(Row(string='ATWOMTRASGHP'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='ATWOMTRASGHP')))
-Count(Row(string='KOJUBJQVMXZL'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='KOJUBJQVMXZL')))
-Count(Row(string='NOXDEYPTGZBH'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='NOXDEYPTGZBH')))
-Count(Row(string='DLSRPRADBPKX'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='DLSRPRADBPKX')))
-Count(Row(string='WJUEQABAEEUX'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='WJUEQABAEEUX')))
-Count(Row(string='PFRGBFDLHHPK'))
-Count(Not(Row(string='PFRGBFDLHHPK')))
-Count(Intersect(Row(string='KPFGWOYUGTCF'),Row(string='VNSHWDTNELDA'),Row(string='LTDOGKKFGZPW'),Row(string='EETNIIDCDZHB'),Row(string='ATWOMTRASGHP'),Row(string='KOJUBJQVMXZL'),Row(string='NOXDEYPTGZBH'),Row(string='DLSRPRADBPKX'),Row(string='WJUEQABAEEUX'),Row(string='PFRGBFDLHHPK')))
-Count(Difference(Union(Row(string='KPFGWOYUGTCF'),Row(string='VNSHWDTNELDA'),Row(string='LTDOGKKFGZPW'),Row(string='EETNIIDCDZHB'),Row(string='ATWOMTRASGHP'),Row(string='KOJUBJQVMXZL'),Row(string='NOXDEYPTGZBH'),Row(string='DLSRPRADBPKX'),Row(string='WJUEQABAEEUX'),Row(string='PFRGBFDLHHPK')),Intersect(Row(string='KPFGWOYUGTCF'),Row(string='VNSHWDTNELDA'),Row(string='LTDOGKKFGZPW'),Row(string='EETNIIDCDZHB'),Row(string='ATWOMTRASGHP'),Row(string='KOJUBJQVMXZL'),Row(string='NOXDEYPTGZBH'),Row(string='DLSRPRADBPKX'),Row(string='WJUEQABAEEUX'),Row(string='PFRGBFDLHHPK'))))
-GroupBy(Rows(field='string'),limit=10)
-
-GroupBy(Rows(field='time'),limit=10)
-`
-
-//  datagen --source=kitchensink --pilosa.index=testindex --start-from=1 --end-at=1000 --pilosa.batch-size=10000 --pilosa.hosts localhost:10101
-// curl localhost:10101/schema
-
-var _ = schemaString
-var schemaString = `
-{
-  "indexes": [
-    {
-      "name": "testindex",
-      "createdAt": 1599601704641744600,
-      "options": {
-        "keys": false,
-        "trackExistence": true
-      },
-      "fields": [
-        {
-          "name": "bools",
-          "createdAt": 1599601704647053000,
-          "options": {
-            "type": "set",
-            "cacheType": "ranked",
-            "cacheSize": 50000,
-            "keys": true
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "bools-exists",
-          "createdAt": 1599601704643225900,
-          "options": {
-            "type": "set",
-            "cacheType": "ranked",
-            "cacheSize": 50000,
-            "keys": true
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "decimal",
-          "createdAt": 1599601704642064400,
-          "options": {
-            "type": "decimal",
-            "base": 0,
-            "scale": 2,
-            "bitDepth": 63,
-            "min": -92233720368547760,
-            "max": 92233720368547760,
-            "keys": false
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "int",
-          "createdAt": 1599601704645510100,
-          "options": {
-            "type": "int",
-            "base": 0,
-            "bitDepth": 63,
-            "min": -9223372036854776000,
-            "max": 9223372036854776000,
-            "keys": false,
-            "foreignIndex": ""
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "mutex",
-          "createdAt": 1599601704647187200,
-          "options": {
-            "type": "mutex",
-            "cacheType": "ranked",
-            "cacheSize": 500,
-            "keys": true
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "set",
-          "createdAt": 1599601704643664400,
-          "options": {
-            "type": "set",
-            "cacheType": "lru",
-            "cacheSize": 1,
-            "keys": true
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "string",
-          "createdAt": 1599601704644342000,
-          "options": {
-            "type": "set",
-            "cacheType": "ranked",
-            "cacheSize": 50000,
-            "keys": true
-          }
-        },
-        {
-          "name": "time",
-          "createdAt": 1599601704643013400,
-          "options": {
-            "type": "time",
-            "timeQuantum": "YMD",
-            "keys": true,
-            "noStandardView": false
-          }
-        }
-      ],
-      "shardWidth": 1048576
-    }
-  ]
-}
-`
-
-*/
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