Secoda Fields Explained

This page explains all the fields that are used to add metadata to the resources in Secoda.

The fields below are referenced in the JSONL file, the SDK Documentation, and in the API docs.

Base Resource Fields

The following fields apply to all the Resources in Secoda.

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required	Example
entity_type	Enum database, schema, table, column, dashboard_group, dashboard, chart	The type of resource.		"table"
databuilder_id	String	A unique and unchanging ID created for the resource.		"secoda.snowflake.customers"
parent_databuilder_id	String	A unique and unchanging ID referencing the parent for the resource.		"secoda.snowflake.orders"
title	String	The title or name for the resource.		"customer"
description	String	The description for the resource.		"This table reflects all the customers in the workspace"
definition	String	The mark down documentation for the resource.		"<h2>This is my documentation</h2>"
external_updated_at	String (datetime format)	The last time the resource was updated in the source.		"2000-10-31T01:30:00.000-05:00"
native_type	String	The type of the resource as it's referred to in the source.		"view"

For specific resource types, additional fields are available or required, as listed below.

Column Specific Fields

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required (for Columns)	Example
sort_order	Integer	The order in which the columns should show up.		4
type	String	The datatype of the column.		"integer"
is_pk	Boolean	Defines whether the column is a primary key.		"true"
parent_databuild_id	String	A unique and unchanging ID referencing the parent for the resource. For a column, the parent is either another column or a table.		"snowflake.orders.table"

Table Specific Fields

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required (for Tables)	Example
schema	String	The schema from which the table is extracted.		"sales"
database	String	The database from which the table is extracted.		"sales_db"

Dashboard Specific Fields

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required (for Dashboards)	Example
group	String	The group that the dashboard is extracted from.		"analytics"

Chart Specific Fields

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required (for Charts)	Example
product	String	The name of the source.		"tableau"
parent_databuilder_id	String	A unique and unchanging ID referencing the parent for the resource. For a chart, the parent is a dashboard.		"tableau.analytics.dashboard"

Lineage Fields

The lineage fields can be used to build a connection between any two resources in Secoda.

Each Lineage object should have a to_identifier to represent a target resource, and a from_identifier to represent a source resource. One or both of these resources must be an internal resource (a part of the custom integration that is being built).

The to_identifier and from_identifier accept a LineageID object, which is made up of a type, as well as several fields unique to each type. The type and relevant fields are broken down below.

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required	Example
from_identifier	Object	A LineageID object identifying the type of lineage, and source resource.		"from_identifier": { "type": "external_column", "cluster": "data_warehouse_cluster", "database": "marketing_db", "schema": "public", "table": "campaign_data", "column": "click_through_rate" }
to_identifier	Object	A LineageID object identifying the type of lineage, and target resource. This field does not accept tables_from_query as a type.		"to_identifier": { "type": "internal_resource", "databuilder_id": "internal.dashboard.654" }

LineageID Fields

The LineageID object will always consist of a type field, along with several other fields depending on the type.

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required	Example
type	Enum -internal_resource -external_table -external_column -tables_from_query	The type of resource in the context of lineage.		"internal_resource"

Internal Resource Fields

If the source or target resource is internal to the integration, the type of the LineageID object should be internal_resource, and the following field is required in addition to type.

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required	Example
databuilder_id	String	A unique and unchanging ID referencing the internal resource in Secoda.		"internal.dashboard.123"

External Table Fields

If the source or target resource is a table external to the integration, the type of the LineageID object should be external_table, and the following fields are required in addition to type.

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required	Example
cluster	String	The name of the cluster that the external table belongs to in Secoda.		"sales"
database	String	The name of the database that the external table belongs to in Secoda.		"sales_db"
schema	String	The name of the schema that the external table belongs to in Secoda.		"staging"
table	String	The name of the external table.		"customers"

External Column Fields

If the source or target resource is a column external to the integration, the type of the LineageID object should be external_column. In addition to type, all of the fields from the External Table type are required, along with a field for column.

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required	Example
column	String	The name of the external column.		"customer_id"

Tables from Query Fields

For the source resource (the LineageID object in the from_identifier field), the type can also be tables_from_query. This type requires an SQL query that will be processed to determine what the source resources are.

Field Name	Data Type	Description	Required	Example
sql	String	An SQL query used to determine lineage. The SQL query must return resources that exist in Secoda.		"SELECT * FROM public.users INNER JOIN public.orders ON users.id = orders.user_id"