Notes on generated metadata

  • All object schemas generated by the Metadata Crawler are for newline-delimited JSON objects.
  • The description within each schema includes the connection point name and the table or view name used to generate the object metadata.
  • Data source information is generated and included as part of the object’s metadata. This information can be retrieved by calling our GET /v1/object/{objectName} API or by exporting the object metadata from Data Catalog.

    This information is included:

    Connection Point
    The selected connection point from step 1.
    Object Name
    The name of the object schema.
    Entity Name
    The original name of the table or view that was used to generate the schema.
    Entity Type
    The type of entity. This is TABLE, VIEW, or MATERIALIZEDVIEW.