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Atlas Atlas Lineage Info Structure

Lineage graph information for an entity showing upstream and downstream data flow.

Type: object Properties: 5
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AtlasLineageInfo is a JSON Structure definition published by Apache Atlas, describing 5 properties. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Properties

baseEntityGuid lineageDirection lineageDepth guidEntityMap relations

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/apache-atlas/refs/heads/main/json-structure/atlas-atlas-lineage-info-structure.json",
  "name": "AtlasLineageInfo",
  "description": "Lineage graph information for an entity showing upstream and downstream data flow.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "baseEntityGuid": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "GUID of the entity whose lineage is being retrieved.",
      "example": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890"
    },
    "lineageDirection": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Direction of lineage traversal.",
      "enum": [
        "INPUT",
        "OUTPUT",
        "BOTH"
      ],
      "example": "BOTH"
    },
    "lineageDepth": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Number of hops traversed in the lineage graph.",
      "example": 3
    },
    "guidEntityMap": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Map of GUID to entity header for all entities in the lineage graph."
    },
    "relations": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object"
      },
      "description": "List of lineage relationships between entities."
    }
  }
}