# The ExternalMetadata object

## Attributes

- `name` (string, Public Preview)
  Name of the external metadata object.
  Example: `security_events_stream`
- `system_type` (string, Public Preview)
  Type of external system.
  Possible values: `SYSTEM_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED`, `OTHER`, `TABLEAU`, `POWER_BI`, `LOOKER`, `KAFKA`, `SAP`, `ORACLE`, `SALESFORCE`, `WORKDAY`, `MYSQL`, `POSTGRESQL`, `MICROSOFT_SQL_SERVER`, `SERVICENOW`, `AMAZON_REDSHIFT`, `AZURE_SYNAPSE`, `SNOWFLAKE`, `GOOGLE_BIGQUERY`, `MICROSOFT_FABRIC`, `MONGODB`, `TERADATA`, `CONFLUENT`, `DATABRICKS`, `STREAM_NATIVE`
- `entity_type` (string, Public Preview)
  Type of entity within the external system.
  Example: `Topic`
- `url` (string, Public Preview)
  URL associated with the external metadata object.
  Example: `https://kafka.com/12345`
- `description` (string, Public Preview)
  User-provided free-form text description.
  Example: `A stream of security related events in the critical services.`
- `columns` (array of string, Public Preview)
  List of columns associated with the external metadata object.
- `properties` (object, Public Preview)
  A map of key-value properties attached to the external metadata object.
- `owner` (string, Public Preview)
  Owner of the external metadata object.
  Example: `data-team@company.com`
- `metastore_id` (string, Public Preview)
  Unique identifier of parent metastore.
- `create_time` (string, Public Preview)
  Time at which this external metadata object was created.
- `created_by` (string, Public Preview)
  Username of external metadata object creator.
- `update_time` (string, Public Preview)
  Time at which this external metadata object was last modified.
- `updated_by` (string, Public Preview)
  Username of user who last modified external metadata object.
- `id` (string, Public Preview)
  Unique identifier of the external metadata object.
  Example: `12345678-abcd-4ef5-9012-3456789abcdf`

## Example

```json
{
  "name": "security_events_stream",
  "system_type": "string",
  "entity_type": "Topic",
  "url": "https://kafka.com/12345",
  "description": "A stream of security related events in the critical services.",
  "columns": [
    "type",
    "message",
    "details",
    "date",
    "time"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "compression.enabled": "true",
    "compression.format": "zstd",
    "topic": "prod.security.events.raw"
  },
  "owner": "data-team@company.com",
  "metastore_id": "string",
  "create_time": "string",
  "created_by": "string",
  "update_time": "string",
  "updated_by": "string",
  "id": "12345678-abcd-4ef5-9012-3456789abcdf"
}
```