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Version: 0.13.0

StructuredProperty

Structured Property represents a property meant for extending the core model of a logical entity

Aspects

propertyDefinition

None

Schema
{
"type": "record",
"Aspect": {
"name": "propertyDefinition"
},
"name": "StructuredPropertyDefinition",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.structured",
"fields": [
{
"Searchable": {},
"type": "string",
"name": "qualifiedName",
"doc": "The fully qualified name of the property. e.g. io.acryl.datahub.myProperty"
},
{
"Searchable": {},
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "displayName",
"default": null,
"doc": "The display name of the property. This is the name that will be shown in the UI and can be used to look up the property id."
},
{
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn"
},
"type": "string",
"name": "valueType",
"doc": "The value type of the property. Must be a dataType.\ne.g. To indicate that the property is of type DATE, use urn:li:dataType:datahub.date"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "map",
"values": {
"type": "array",
"items": "string"
}
}
],
"name": "typeQualifier",
"default": null,
"doc": "A map that allows for type specialization of the valueType.\ne.g. a valueType of urn:li:dataType:datahub.urn\ncan be specialized to be a USER or GROUP URN by adding a typeQualifier like \n{ \"allowedTypes\": [\"urn:li:entityType:datahub.corpuser\", \"urn:li:entityType:datahub.corpGroup\"] }"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "record",
"name": "PropertyValue",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.structured",
"fields": [
{
"type": [
"string",
"double"
],
"name": "value"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "description",
"default": null,
"doc": "Optional description of the property value"
}
]
}
}
],
"name": "allowedValues",
"default": null,
"doc": "A list of allowed values that the property is allowed to take. \nIf this is not specified, then the property can take any value of given type."
},
{
"type": [
{
"type": "enum",
"name": "PropertyCardinality",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.structured",
"symbols": [
"SINGLE",
"MULTIPLE"
]
},
"null"
],
"name": "cardinality",
"default": "SINGLE",
"doc": "The cardinality of the property. If not specified, then the property is assumed to be single valued.."
},
{
"Relationship": {
"/*": {
"entityTypes": [
"entityType"
],
"name": "StructuredPropertyOf"
}
},
"Searchable": {
"/*": {
"fieldName": "entityTypes"
}
},
"type": {
"type": "array",
"items": "string"
},
"name": "entityTypes"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "description",
"default": null,
"doc": "The description of the property. This is the description that will be shown in the UI."
},
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "record",
"name": "DataHubSearchConfig",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.datahub",
"fields": [
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "fieldName",
"default": null,
"doc": "Name of the field in the search index. Defaults to the field name otherwise"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "enum",
"name": "SearchFieldType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.datahub",
"symbols": [
"KEYWORD",
"TEXT",
"TEXT_PARTIAL",
"BROWSE_PATH",
"URN",
"URN_PARTIAL",
"BOOLEAN",
"COUNT",
"DATETIME",
"OBJECT",
"BROWSE_PATH_V2",
"WORD_GRAM"
]
}
],
"name": "fieldType",
"default": null,
"doc": "Type of the field. Defines how the field is indexed and matched"
},
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "queryByDefault",
"default": false,
"doc": "Whether we should match the field for the default search query"
},
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "enableAutocomplete",
"default": false,
"doc": "Whether we should use the field for default autocomplete"
},
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "addToFilters",
"default": false,
"doc": "Whether or not to add field to filters."
},
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "addHasValuesToFilters",
"default": true,
"doc": "Whether or not to add the \"has values\" to filters.\ncheck if this is conditional on addToFilters being true"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "filterNameOverride",
"default": null,
"doc": "Display name of the filter"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "hasValuesFilterNameOverride",
"default": null,
"doc": "Display name of the has values filter"
},
{
"type": "double",
"name": "boostScore",
"default": 1.0,
"doc": "Boost multiplier to the match score. Matches on fields with higher boost score ranks higher"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "hasValuesFieldName",
"default": null,
"doc": "If set, add a index field of the given name that checks whether the field exists"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "numValuesFieldName",
"default": null,
"doc": "If set, add a index field of the given name that checks the number of elements"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "map",
"values": "double"
}
],
"name": "weightsPerFieldValue",
"default": null,
"doc": "(Optional) Weights to apply to score for a given value"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "array",
"items": "string"
}
],
"name": "fieldNameAliases",
"default": null,
"doc": "(Optional) Aliases for this given field that can be used for sorting etc."
}
],
"doc": "Configuration for how any given field should be indexed and matched in the DataHub search index."
}
],
"name": "searchConfiguration",
"default": null,
"doc": "Search configuration for this property. If not specified, then the property is indexed using the default mapping.\nfrom the logical type."
}
]
}

institutionalMemory

Institutional memory of an entity. This is a way to link to relevant documentation and provide description of the documentation. Institutional or tribal knowledge is very important for users to leverage the entity.

Schema
{
"type": "record",
"Aspect": {
"name": "institutionalMemory"
},
"name": "InstitutionalMemory",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"type": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "record",
"name": "InstitutionalMemoryMetadata",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.url.Url",
"coercerClass": "com.linkedin.common.url.UrlCoercer"
},
"type": "string",
"name": "url",
"doc": "Link to an engineering design document or a wiki page."
},
{
"type": "string",
"name": "description",
"doc": "Description of the link."
},
{
"type": {
"type": "record",
"name": "AuditStamp",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"type": "long",
"name": "time",
"doc": "When did the resource/association/sub-resource move into the specific lifecycle stage represented by this AuditEvent."
},
{
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn"
},
"type": "string",
"name": "actor",
"doc": "The entity (e.g. a member URN) which will be credited for moving the resource/association/sub-resource into the specific lifecycle stage. It is also the one used to authorize the change."
},
{
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn"
},
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "impersonator",
"default": null,
"doc": "The entity (e.g. a service URN) which performs the change on behalf of the Actor and must be authorized to act as the Actor."
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "message",
"default": null,
"doc": "Additional context around how DataHub was informed of the particular change. For example: was the change created by an automated process, or manually."
}
],
"doc": "Data captured on a resource/association/sub-resource level giving insight into when that resource/association/sub-resource moved into a particular lifecycle stage, and who acted to move it into that specific lifecycle stage."
},
"name": "createStamp",
"doc": "Audit stamp associated with creation of this record"
}
],
"doc": "Metadata corresponding to a record of institutional memory."
}
},
"name": "elements",
"doc": "List of records that represent institutional memory of an entity. Each record consists of a link, description, creator and timestamps associated with that record."
}
],
"doc": "Institutional memory of an entity. This is a way to link to relevant documentation and provide description of the documentation. Institutional or tribal knowledge is very important for users to leverage the entity."
}

status

The lifecycle status metadata of an entity, e.g. dataset, metric, feature, etc. This aspect is used to represent soft deletes conventionally.

Schema
{
"type": "record",
"Aspect": {
"name": "status"
},
"name": "Status",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"Searchable": {
"fieldType": "BOOLEAN"
},
"type": "boolean",
"name": "removed",
"default": false,
"doc": "Whether the entity has been removed (soft-deleted)."
}
],
"doc": "The lifecycle status metadata of an entity, e.g. dataset, metric, feature, etc.\nThis aspect is used to represent soft deletes conventionally."
}

Relationships

Outgoing

These are the relationships stored in this entity's aspects

  • StructuredPropertyOf

    • EntityType via propertyDefinition.entityTypes

Global Metadata Model

Global Graph