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BusinessAttribute

Aspects

businessAttributeInfo

Properties associated with a BusinessAttribute

Schema
{
"type": "record",
"Aspect": {
"name": "businessAttributeInfo"
},
"name": "BusinessAttributeInfo",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.businessattribute",
"fields": [
{
"type": "string",
"name": "fieldPath",
"doc": "FieldPath uniquely identifying the SchemaField this metadata is associated with"
},
{
"Searchable": {
"boostScore": 0.1,
"fieldName": "editedFieldDescriptions",
"fieldType": "TEXT"
},
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "description",
"default": null,
"doc": "Description"
},
{
"Relationship": {
"/tags/*/tag": {
"entityTypes": [
"tag"
],
"name": "EditableSchemaFieldTaggedWith"
}
},
"Searchable": {
"/tags/*/attribution/actor": {
"fieldName": "editedFieldTagAttributionActors",
"fieldType": "URN",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"/tags/*/attribution/source": {
"fieldName": "editedFieldTagAttributionSources",
"fieldType": "URN",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"/tags/*/attribution/time": {
"fieldName": "editedFieldTagAttributionDates",
"fieldType": "DATETIME"
},
"/tags/*/tag": {
"boostScore": 0.5,
"fieldName": "editedFieldTags",
"fieldType": "URN"
}
},
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "record",
"Aspect": {
"name": "globalTags"
},
"name": "GlobalTags",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"Relationship": {
"/*/tag": {
"entityTypes": [
"tag"
],
"name": "TaggedWith"
}
},
"Searchable": {
"/*/tag": {
"addToFilters": true,
"boostScore": 0.5,
"fieldName": "tags",
"fieldType": "URN",
"filterNameOverride": "Tag",
"hasValuesFieldName": "hasTags",
"queryByDefault": true
}
},
"type": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "record",
"name": "TagAssociation",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.TagUrn"
},
"type": "string",
"name": "tag",
"doc": "Urn of the applied tag"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "context",
"default": null,
"doc": "Additional context about the association"
},
{
"Searchable": {
"/actor": {
"fieldName": "tagAttributionActors",
"fieldType": "URN",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"/source": {
"fieldName": "tagAttributionSources",
"fieldType": "URN",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"/time": {
"fieldName": "tagAttributionDates",
"fieldType": "DATETIME",
"queryByDefault": false
}
},
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "record",
"name": "MetadataAttribution",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"type": "long",
"name": "time",
"doc": "When this metadata was updated."
},
{
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn"
},
"type": "string",
"name": "actor",
"doc": "The entity (e.g. a member URN) responsible for applying the assocated metadata. This can\neither be a user (in case of UI edits) or the datahub system for automation."
},
{
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn"
},
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "source",
"default": null,
"doc": "The DataHub source responsible for applying the associated metadata. This will only be filled out\nwhen a DataHub source is responsible. This includes the specific metadata test urn, the automation urn."
},
{
"type": {
"type": "map",
"values": "string"
},
"name": "sourceDetail",
"default": {},
"doc": "The details associated with why this metadata was applied. For example, this could include\nthe actual regex rule, sql statement, ingestion pipeline ID, etc."
}
],
"doc": "Information about who, why, and how this metadata was applied"
}
],
"name": "attribution",
"default": null,
"doc": "Information about who, why, and how this metadata was applied"
}
],
"doc": "Properties of an applied tag. For now, just an Urn. In the future we can extend this with other properties, e.g.\npropagation parameters."
}
},
"name": "tags",
"doc": "Tags associated with a given entity"
}
],
"doc": "Tag aspect used for applying tags to an entity"
}
],
"name": "globalTags",
"default": null,
"doc": "Tags associated with the field"
},
{
"Relationship": {
"/terms/*/urn": {
"entityTypes": [
"glossaryTerm"
],
"name": "EditableSchemaFieldWithGlossaryTerm"
}
},
"Searchable": {
"/terms/*/attribution/actor": {
"fieldName": "editedFieldTermAttributionActors",
"fieldType": "URN",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"/terms/*/attribution/source": {
"fieldName": "editedFieldTermAttributionSources",
"fieldType": "URN",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"/terms/*/attribution/time": {
"fieldName": "editedFieldTermAttributionDates",
"fieldType": "DATETIME"
},
"/terms/*/urn": {
"boostScore": 0.5,
"fieldName": "editedFieldGlossaryTerms",
"fieldType": "URN"
}
},
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "record",
"Aspect": {
"name": "glossaryTerms"
},
"name": "GlossaryTerms",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"type": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "record",
"name": "GlossaryTermAssociation",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"Relationship": {
"entityTypes": [
"glossaryTerm"
],
"name": "TermedWith"
},
"Searchable": {
"addToFilters": true,
"fieldName": "glossaryTerms",
"fieldType": "URN",
"filterNameOverride": "Glossary Term",
"hasValuesFieldName": "hasGlossaryTerms"
},
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.GlossaryTermUrn"
},
"type": "string",
"name": "urn",
"doc": "Urn of the applied glossary term"
},
{
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn"
},
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "actor",
"default": null,
"doc": "The user URN which will be credited for adding associating this term to the entity"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "context",
"default": null,
"doc": "Additional context about the association"
},
{
"Searchable": {
"/actor": {
"fieldName": "termAttributionActors",
"fieldType": "URN",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"/source": {
"fieldName": "termAttributionSources",
"fieldType": "URN",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"/time": {
"fieldName": "termAttributionDates",
"fieldType": "DATETIME",
"queryByDefault": false
}
},
"type": [
"null",
"com.linkedin.common.MetadataAttribution"
],
"name": "attribution",
"default": null,
"doc": "Information about who, why, and how this metadata was applied"
}
],
"doc": "Properties of an applied glossary term."
}
},
"name": "terms",
"doc": "The related business terms"
},
{
"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": "auditStamp",
"doc": "Audit stamp containing who reported the related business term"
}
],
"doc": "Related business terms information"
}
],
"name": "glossaryTerms",
"default": null,
"doc": "Glossary terms associated with the field"
},
{
"Searchable": {
"/*": {
"fieldType": "TEXT",
"queryByDefault": true
}
},
"type": {
"type": "map",
"values": "string"
},
"name": "customProperties",
"default": {},
"doc": "Custom property bag."
},
{
"type": "com.linkedin.common.AuditStamp",
"name": "created",
"default": {
"actor": "urn:li:corpuser:unknown",
"impersonator": null,
"time": 0,
"message": null
},
"doc": "An AuditStamp corresponding to the creation of this resource/association/sub-resource. A value of 0 for time indicates missing data."
},
{
"type": "com.linkedin.common.AuditStamp",
"name": "lastModified",
"default": {
"actor": "urn:li:corpuser:unknown",
"impersonator": null,
"time": 0,
"message": null
},
"doc": "An AuditStamp corresponding to the last modification of this resource/association/sub-resource. If no modification has happened since creation, lastModified should be the same as created. A value of 0 for time indicates missing data."
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"com.linkedin.common.AuditStamp"
],
"name": "deleted",
"default": null,
"doc": "An AuditStamp corresponding to the deletion of this resource/association/sub-resource. Logically, deleted MUST have a later timestamp than creation. It may or may not have the same time as lastModified depending upon the resource/association/sub-resource semantics."
},
{
"Searchable": {
"boostScore": 10.0,
"enableAutocomplete": true,
"fieldNameAliases": [
"_entityName"
],
"fieldType": "WORD_GRAM"
},
"type": "string",
"name": "name",
"doc": "Display name of the BusinessAttribute"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "record",
"name": "SchemaFieldDataType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [
{
"type": [
{
"type": "record",
"name": "BooleanType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Boolean field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "FixedType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Fixed field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "StringType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "String field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "BytesType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Bytes field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "NumberType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Number data type: long, integer, short, etc.."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "DateType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Date field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "TimeType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Time field type. This should also be used for datetimes."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "EnumType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Enum field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "NullType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Null field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "MapType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "keyType",
"default": null,
"doc": "Key type in a map"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "valueType",
"default": null,
"doc": "Type of the value in a map"
}
],
"doc": "Map field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "ArrayType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "array",
"items": "string"
}
],
"name": "nestedType",
"default": null,
"doc": "List of types this array holds."
}
],
"doc": "Array field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "UnionType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "array",
"items": "string"
}
],
"name": "nestedTypes",
"default": null,
"doc": "List of types in union type."
}
],
"doc": "Union field type."
},
{
"type": "record",
"name": "RecordType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.schema",
"fields": [],
"doc": "Record field type."
}
],
"name": "type",
"doc": "Data platform specific types"
}
],
"doc": "Schema field data types"
}
],
"name": "type",
"default": null
}
],
"doc": "Properties associated with a BusinessAttribute"
}

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."
}

ownership

Ownership information of an entity.

Schema
{
"type": "record",
"Aspect": {
"name": "ownership"
},
"name": "Ownership",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"type": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "record",
"name": "Owner",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"Relationship": {
"entityTypes": [
"corpuser",
"corpGroup"
],
"name": "OwnedBy"
},
"Searchable": {
"addToFilters": true,
"fieldName": "owners",
"fieldType": "URN",
"filterNameOverride": "Owned By",
"hasValuesFieldName": "hasOwners",
"queryByDefault": false
},
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn"
},
"type": "string",
"name": "owner",
"doc": "Owner URN, e.g. urn:li:corpuser:ldap, urn:li:corpGroup:group_name, and urn:li:multiProduct:mp_name\n(Caveat: only corpuser is currently supported in the frontend.)"
},
{
"deprecated": true,
"type": {
"type": "enum",
"symbolDocs": {
"BUSINESS_OWNER": "A person or group who is responsible for logical, or business related, aspects of the asset.",
"CONSUMER": "A person, group, or service that consumes the data\nDeprecated! Use TECHNICAL_OWNER or BUSINESS_OWNER instead.",
"CUSTOM": "Set when ownership type is unknown or a when new one is specified as an ownership type entity for which we have no\nenum value for. This is used for backwards compatibility",
"DATAOWNER": "A person or group that is owning the data\nDeprecated! Use TECHNICAL_OWNER instead.",
"DATA_STEWARD": "A steward, expert, or delegate responsible for the asset.",
"DELEGATE": "A person or a group that overseas the operation, e.g. a DBA or SRE.\nDeprecated! Use TECHNICAL_OWNER instead.",
"DEVELOPER": "A person or group that is in charge of developing the code\nDeprecated! Use TECHNICAL_OWNER instead.",
"NONE": "No specific type associated to the owner.",
"PRODUCER": "A person, group, or service that produces/generates the data\nDeprecated! Use TECHNICAL_OWNER instead.",
"STAKEHOLDER": "A person or a group that has direct business interest\nDeprecated! Use TECHNICAL_OWNER, BUSINESS_OWNER, or STEWARD instead.",
"TECHNICAL_OWNER": "person or group who is responsible for technical aspects of the asset."
},
"deprecatedSymbols": {
"CONSUMER": true,
"DATAOWNER": true,
"DELEGATE": true,
"DEVELOPER": true,
"PRODUCER": true,
"STAKEHOLDER": true
},
"name": "OwnershipType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"symbols": [
"CUSTOM",
"TECHNICAL_OWNER",
"BUSINESS_OWNER",
"DATA_STEWARD",
"NONE",
"DEVELOPER",
"DATAOWNER",
"DELEGATE",
"PRODUCER",
"CONSUMER",
"STAKEHOLDER"
],
"doc": "Asset owner types"
},
"name": "type",
"doc": "The type of the ownership"
},
{
"Relationship": {
"entityTypes": [
"ownershipType"
],
"name": "ownershipType"
},
"java": {
"class": "com.linkedin.common.urn.Urn"
},
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "typeUrn",
"default": null,
"doc": "The type of the ownership\nUrn of type O"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
{
"type": "record",
"name": "OwnershipSource",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"fields": [
{
"type": {
"type": "enum",
"symbolDocs": {
"AUDIT": "Auditing system or audit logs",
"DATABASE": "Database, e.g. GRANTS table",
"FILE_SYSTEM": "File system, e.g. file/directory owner",
"ISSUE_TRACKING_SYSTEM": "Issue tracking system, e.g. Jira",
"MANUAL": "Manually provided by a user",
"OTHER": "Other sources",
"SERVICE": "Other ownership-like service, e.g. Nuage, ACL service etc",
"SOURCE_CONTROL": "SCM system, e.g. GIT, SVN"
},
"name": "OwnershipSourceType",
"namespace": "com.linkedin.common",
"symbols": [
"AUDIT",
"DATABASE",
"FILE_SYSTEM",
"ISSUE_TRACKING_SYSTEM",
"MANUAL",
"SERVICE",
"SOURCE_CONTROL",
"OTHER"
]
},
"name": "type",
"doc": "The type of the source"
},
{
"type": [
"null",
"string"
],
"name": "url",
"default": null,
"doc": "A reference URL for the source"
}
],
"doc": "Source/provider of the ownership information"
}
],
"name": "source",
"default": null,
"doc": "Source information for the ownership"
}
],
"doc": "Ownership information"
}
},
"name": "owners",
"doc": "List of owners of the entity."
},
{
"Searchable": {
"/*": {
"fieldType": "MAP_ARRAY",
"queryByDefault": false
}
},
"type": [
{
"type": "map",
"values": {
"type": "array",
"items": "string"
}
},
"null"
],
"name": "ownerTypes",
"default": {},
"doc": "Ownership type to Owners map, populated via mutation hook."
},
{
"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": "lastModified",
"default": {
"actor": "urn:li:corpuser:unknown",
"impersonator": null,
"time": 0,
"message": null
},
"doc": "Audit stamp containing who last modified the record and when. A value of 0 in the time field indicates missing data."
}
],
"doc": "Ownership information of an entity."
}

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."
}

Relationships

Outgoing

These are the relationships stored in this entity's aspects

  • EditableSchemaFieldTaggedWith

    • Tag via businessAttributeInfo.globalTags
  • TaggedWith

    • Tag via businessAttributeInfo.globalTags.tags
  • EditableSchemaFieldWithGlossaryTerm

    • GlossaryTerm via businessAttributeInfo.glossaryTerms
  • TermedWith

    • GlossaryTerm via businessAttributeInfo.glossaryTerms.terms.urn
  • OwnedBy

    • Corpuser via ownership.owners.owner
    • CorpGroup via ownership.owners.owner
  • ownershipType

    • OwnershipType via ownership.owners.typeUrn

Incoming

These are the relationships stored in other entity's aspects

  • BusinessAttributeOf

    • SchemaField via businessAttributes.businessAttribute

Global Metadata Model

Global Graph