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# Pipeline
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This schema defines the Pipeline entity. A pipeline enables the flow of data from source to destination through a series of processing steps. ETL is a type of pipeline where the series of steps Extract, Transform and Load the data.
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**$id: https://open-metadata.org/schema/entity/data/pipeline.json**
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Type: `object`
## Properties
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- **id** `required`
- Unique identifier that identifies a pipeline instance.
- $ref: [../../type/basic.json#/definitions/uuid ](../types/basic.md#uuid )
- **name** `required`
- Name that identifies this pipeline instance uniquely.
- Type: `string`
- Length: between 1 and 64
- **fullyQualifiedName**
- A unique name that identifies a pipeline in the format 'ServiceName.PipelineName'.
- Type: `string`
- Length: between 1 and 64
- **description**
- Description of this pipeline.
- Type: `string`
- **href**
- Link to the resource corresponding to this entity.
- $ref: [../../type/basic.json#/definitions/href ](../types/basic.md#href )
- **owner**
- Owner of this pipeline.
- $ref: [../../type/entityReference.json ](../types/entityreference.md )
- **service** `required`
- Link to service where this pipeline is hosted in.
- $ref: [../../type/entityReference.json ](../types/entityreference.md )
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_This document was updated on: Thursday, September 16, 2021_
