entityData

The entityData table stores data on entities. This table belongs to the category entities.

The following table describes the entityData table.

Table 1. entityData table
Column name Type Constraints Description
entityId 32-bit integer
Foreign key
Not null
Automatically incremented
Unique

Foreign key to the entityNameCache table. Must be unique for each entity across all domains.

mainNodeEntityId 32-bit integer Foreign key

This field is relevant only for entities that are wholly contained within a single main node device. The field therefore has a non-null value only for entities that are related to a single main node device, such as the main node itself, physical and logical device components, or logical interfaces (for example IP end points or local VLAN entities).

entityName 255-character string

Not null

Unique within domain

Name of the entity. This field must be unique for all entities within a given domain.

entityType 32-bit integer

Foreign key

Not null

A lookup value that indicates the type of entity. To look up the entity type, use the entityType table.

createTime Timestamp Not null

Indicates when the entity was created.

changeTime Timestamp Not null

Indicates when this entity was last updated.

displayLabel 255-character string Not null

Human-readable name to be displayed adjacent to this entity in a topology map and in the Network Views tabular layout.

description 512-character string  

Textual description of the entity.

alias 255-character string  

Field that can be used to store a user-defined name for the entity.

manual Boolean Not null
Takes one of the following values:
  • 0: entity was not manually added
  • 1: entity was manually added

Default = 0

Indicates whether this entity was discovered as part of the discovery process or was manually added.

cdmAdminState

Enumerated value

16-bit integer

Takes one of the following values:
  • 0 - Unknown: administrative state of this element is not known.
  • 1 - Other: administrative state of this element is known, but does not match one of the defined enumerated values.
  • 2 - Enabled: this entity has been enabled for use.
  • 3 - Disabled: this entity has been disabled and cannot be used.

Default value = 0

An enumeration that corresponds to the AdminState attribute in the cdmModelObject view. The values of this are stored in the enumerations table under the cdmAdminState group.