/v2/entities

POST

Updates user-editable properties of an entity (aka business metadata).

Note that all editable properties will be overwritten with the given metadata. If tags or properties are left out, they will remain as they were.

This method is not recommended for bulk updates.

sourceID (required): The navigator source identity as stored in solr (the user can get this via a call to GET api/v1/entities/?query=type:SOURCE). This must match the exact source that the entity will be extracted from (for example, if you have HDFS-1 and HDFS-2, you must specify the correct one that contains the entity you're expecting for it to match).
parentPath: The path of the parent entity, as defined below:
- HDFS file/directory: fileSystemPath of parent directory (do not provide this field if the entity being affected is the root directory)
  example parentPath for /user/admin/input_dir: /user/admin
- Hive database: N/A
- Hive table/view: Name of database containing this table/view
  example for table in default database: default
- Hive column: <database name>/<table/view name>
  example for column in sample_07 table: sample_07
originalName (required): The name as defined by the source system.
- HDFS file/directory: name of file or directory ("ROOT" if the entity being affected is the root directory)
  example originalName for /user/admin/input_dir: input_dir
- Hive database/table/view/column: name of the database/table/view/column being affected
  example for default database: default
  example for sample_07 table: sample_07
- name: name metadata
- description: description metadata
- tags: tag metadata
- properties: property metadata

element:

(custom)

The source ID, parentPath, and updated properties.

element:

(custom)

The updated entity.

Retrieves a collection of entity objects based on the query specified.

name	description	type	default
query	The query that the results should be filtered with.	query
ids	The ids of the entities to return.	query
limit	The maximum number of results allowed by the client.	query	100
offset	The offset from 0 at which the result should start.	query	0

element:

(custom)

A Collection of Entity instances that match the specified query.