OpenMetadata/openmetadata-docs/content/v1.5.x/main-concepts/metadata-standard/schemas/api/data/createDatabase.md

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createDatabase	/main-concepts/metadata-standard/schemas/api/data/createdatabase

CreateDatabaseRequest

Create Database entity request

Properties

• name: Name that identifies this database instance uniquely. Refer to ../../entity/data/database.json#/definitions/entityName.
• displayName (string): Display Name that identifies this database.
• description: Description of the database instance. What it has and how to use it. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown.
• tags (array): Tags for this Database Service. Default: None.
  • Items: Refer to ../../type/tagLabel.json.
• owner: Owner of this database. Refer to ../../type/entityReference.json.
• service: Link to the database service fully qualified name where this database is hosted in. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName.
• default (boolean): Some databases don't support a database/catalog in the hierarchy and use default database. For example, MySql. For such databases, set this flag to true to indicate that this is a default database. Default: False.
• retentionPeriod: Retention period of the data in the database. Period is expressed as duration in ISO 8601 format in UTC. Example - P23DT23H. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/duration.
• extension: Entity extension data with custom attributes added to the entity. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityExtension.
• sourceUrl: Source URL of database. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/sourceUrl.
• domain (string): Fully qualified name of the domain the Database belongs to.
• lifeCycle: Life Cycle of the entity. Refer to ../../type/lifeCycle.json.

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