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Onboard an Entity into a Collection

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Recipe · 4 steps

Onboard an Entity into a Collection

with Microsoft Purview · Data Governance Management

Create a Data Map entity, file it into a collection, and classify it.

  1. Create or update the entity in the Data Map.
  2. Read the entity back by its assigned GUID to confirm it exists.
  3. Move the entity into the target collection.
  4. Apply the requested classification to the onboarded entity.
What you'll need to have ready
  • authorization: The OAuth2 bearer token value, e.g. "Bearer eyJ0...".
  • apiVersion: The Data Map API version.
  • entity: The AtlasEntity object to create or update (typeName + attributes).
  • collectionId: The target collection identifier to move the entity into.
  • classificationTypeName: The classification type name to apply, e.g. "MICROSOFT.PERSONAL.EMAIL".
For your developer

Arazzo workflow microsoft-purview:onboard-entity-to-collection, 4 operations: createOrUpdateEntity → getEntityByGuid → moveEntitiesToCollection → addEntityClassifications. Specs on APIs.io.

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