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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: null.
• prefix (string): Optional prefix path defined for this container. Default: null.
• numberOfObjects (number): The number of objects/files this container has. Default: null.
• size (number): The total size in KB this container has. Default: null.
• 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: null.
  • Items: Refer to ../../entity/data/container.json#/definitions/fileFormat.
• owners: Owner of this database. Refer to ../../type/entityReferenceList.json. Default: null.
• tags (array): Tags for this Container Model. Default: null.
  • 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.
• domain (string): Fully qualified name of the domain the Container belongs to.
• 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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