Create an Entity Using Gradle

You must create an entity before you can define the mappings between your source data and the publicly accessible data.

Before you begin

You need:

Procedure

  1. Open a command-line window, and go to your project root directory.
  2. At your project root, run the Gradle task hubCreateEntity.
    ./gradlew hubCreateEntity -PentityName=your-entity-name -igradlew.bat hubCreateEntity -PentityName=your-entity-name -i
  3. Edit the new entity definition in your-project-root/entities/your-entity-name.entity.json.
    Important: By default, the entity type name is added to its file name at your-entity-name.entity.json. In the file, the entity type name is used for the entity type definition name and the value of $.info.title.

    If you plan to use Hub Central, the file name, entity type definition name, and value of $.info.title must use the same entity type name. Otherwise, you will be unable to view the properties for that entity type in Hub Central.

    Note: If a property is added to the value of $.definitions.your-entity-name.required, the property should have a value; otherwise, the property will have a null value. If a property is required and has a null value, the property will not be indexed by SQL views.

    Range indexes can be configured in entity definitions to improve performance. Learn more: Indexing in MarkLogic