BigID · Schema

BigID Catalog Object

Schema describing a single object record in the BigID Data Catalog. Returned by GET /api/v1/data-catalog and related catalog endpoints.

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Properties

Name Type Description
objectName string The display name of the object (e.g. file or table name).
objectId string Internal BigID object identifier.
type string Object type (file, table, column, container, model, prompt).
source string The data source the object was discovered in.
fullObjectName string Fully-qualified object name including container and source.
attribute array Classifier attributes attached to the object.
has_duplicates boolean Whether duplicates of this object exist in the catalog.
duplicate_id string Identifier shared by all duplicates of this object.
scanner_type_group string Scanner family that produced this object (e.g. database, file, cloud-storage).
update_date string Last time the object's metadata was updated.
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JSON Schema

bigid-catalog-object-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://api-evangelist.com/schemas/bigid/bigid-catalog-object-schema.json",
  "title": "BigID Catalog Object",
  "description": "Schema describing a single object record in the BigID Data Catalog. Returned by GET /api/v1/data-catalog and related catalog endpoints.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "objectName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The display name of the object (e.g. file or table name)."
    },
    "objectId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Internal BigID object identifier."
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Object type (file, table, column, container, model, prompt)."
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The data source the object was discovered in."
    },
    "fullObjectName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Fully-qualified object name including container and source."
    },
    "attribute": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Classifier attributes attached to the object.",
      "items": { "type": "string" }
    },
    "has_duplicates": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether duplicates of this object exist in the catalog."
    },
    "duplicate_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Identifier shared by all duplicates of this object."
    },
    "scanner_type_group": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Scanner family that produced this object (e.g. database, file, cloud-storage)."
    },
    "update_date": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Last time the object's metadata was updated."
    }
  }
}

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