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title: createContainer
slug: /main-concepts/metadata-standard/schemas/api/data/createcontainer
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# CreateContainerRequest

*Create Container Model entity request*

## Properties

- **`name`**: Name that identifies this Container model. Refer to *../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName*.
- **`displayName`** *(string)*: Display Name that identifies this Container model.
- **`description`**: Description of the Container instance. Refer to *../../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown*.
- **`service`**: Link to the storage service where this container is hosted in. Refer to *../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName*.
- **`parent`**: Link to the parent container under which this entity sits. Refer to *../../type/entityReference.json*.
- **`dataModel`**: References to the container's data model, if data is structured, or null otherwise. Refer to *../../entity/data/container.json#/definitions/containerDataModel*. Default: `None`.
- **`prefix`** *(string)*: Optional prefix path defined for this container. Default: `None`.
- **`numberOfObjects`** *(number)*: The number of objects/files this container has. Default: `None`.
- **`size`** *(number)*: The total size in KB this container has. Default: `None`.
- **`fileFormats`** *(array)*: File & data formats identified for the container:  e.g. dataFormats=[csv, json]. These can be present both when the container has a dataModel or not. Default: `None`.
  - **Items**: Refer to *../../entity/data/container.json#/definitions/fileFormat*.
- **`owners`**: Owner of this database. Refer to *../../type/entityReferenceList.json*. Default: `None`.
- **`tags`** *(array)*: Tags for this Container Model. Default: `None`.
  - **Items**: Refer to *../../type/tagLabel.json*.
- **`extension`**: Entity extension data with custom attributes added to the entity. Refer to *../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityExtension*.
- **`sourceUrl`**: Source URL of container. Refer to *../../type/basic.json#/definitions/sourceUrl*.
- **`fullPath`** *(string)*: Full path of the container/file.
- **`domains`** *(array)*: Fully qualified names of the domains the Container belongs to.
  - **Items** *(string)*
- **`dataProducts`** *(array)*: List of fully qualified names of data products this entity is part of.
  - **Items**: Refer to *../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName*.
- **`lifeCycle`**: Life Cycle of the entity. Refer to *../../type/lifeCycle.json*.
- **`sourceHash`** *(string)*: Source hash of the entity.


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