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Database

This schema defines the Database entity. A database also referred to as Database Catalog is a collection of schemas.

Properties

• id: Unique identifier that identifies this database instance. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/uuid.
• name: Name that identifies the database. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/entityName.
• fullyQualifiedName: Name that uniquely identifies a database in the format 'ServiceName.DatabaseName'. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/fullyQualifiedEntityName.
• displayName (string): Display Name that identifies this database.
• description: Description of the database instance. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/markdown.
• dataProducts: List of data products this entity is part of. Refer to ../../type/entityReferenceList.json.
• tags (array): Tags for this Database. Default: [].
  • Items: Refer to ../../type/tagLabel.json.
• version: Metadata version of the entity. Refer to ../../type/entityHistory.json#/definitions/entityVersion.
• updatedAt: Last update time corresponding to the new version of the entity in Unix epoch time milliseconds. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/timestamp.
• updatedBy (string): User who made the update.
• href: Link to the resource corresponding to this entity. Refer to ../../type/basic.json#/definitions/href.
• owners: Owners of this database. Refer to ../../type/entityReferenceList.json.
• service: Link to the database cluster/service where this database is hosted in. Refer to ../../type/entityReference.json.
• serviceType: Service type where this database is hosted in. Refer to ../services/databaseService.json#/definitions/databaseServiceType.
• location: Reference to the Location that contains this database. Refer to ../../type/entityReference.json.
• usageSummary: Latest usage information for this database. Refer to ../../type/usageDetails.json. Default: null.
• databaseSchemas: References to schemas in the database. Refer to ../../type/entityReferenceList.json.
• changeDescription: Change that lead to this version of the entity. Refer to ../../type/entityHistory.json#/definitions/changeDescription.
• 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.
• deleted (boolean): When true indicates the entity has been soft deleted. 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: Domain the Database belongs to. When not set, the Database inherits the domain from the database service it belongs to. Refer to ../../type/entityReference.json.
• votes: Votes on the entity. Refer to ../../type/votes.json.
• lifeCycle: Life Cycle properties of the entity. Refer to ../../type/lifeCycle.json.
• certification: Refer to ../../type/assetCertification.json.
• sourceHash (string): Source hash of the entity.
• databaseProfilerConfig (object): This schema defines the type for Database profile config.
  • profileSample (number): Percentage of data or no. of rows we want to execute the profiler and tests on. Default: null.
  • profileSampleType: Refer to ./table.json#/definitions/profileSampleType.
  • sampleDataCount (integer): Number of row of sample data to be generated. Default: 50.
  • samplingMethodType: Refer to ./table.json#/definitions/samplingMethodType.
  • sampleDataStorageConfig: Refer to ../services/connections/connectionBasicType.json#/definitions/sampleDataStorageConfig.

Definitions

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