public sealed class CreateEntityRequest : IMessage<CreateEntityRequest>, IEquatable<CreateEntityRequest>, IDeepCloneable<CreateEntityRequest>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Dataplex v1 API class CreateEntityRequest.
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\u003ccode\u003eIBufferMessage\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThis class includes properties such as \u003ccode\u003eEntity\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eParent\u003c/code\u003e, \u003ccode\u003eParentAsZoneName\u003c/code\u003e, and \u003ccode\u003eValidateOnly\u003c/code\u003e, which are essential for defining the entity and its location.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eCreateEntityRequest\u003c/code\u003e class has two constructors, one default constructor and another that takes in another \u003ccode\u003eCreateEntityRequest\u003c/code\u003e object.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe parent zone resource name, in the format \u003ccode\u003eprojects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/lakes/{lake_id}/zones/{zone_id}\u003c/code\u003e, is required for creating an entity.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Cloud Dataplex v1 API - Class CreateEntityRequest (3.9.0)\n\nVersion latestkeyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [3.9.0 (latest)](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- [3.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/3.8.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- [3.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/3.7.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- [3.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/3.6.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- [3.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/3.5.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- [3.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/3.4.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- [3.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/3.3.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- [3.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/3.2.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- 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[2.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/2.0.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest)\n- [1.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/1.0.0/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest) \n\n public sealed class CreateEntityRequest : IMessage\u003cCreateEntityRequest\u003e, IEquatable\u003cCreateEntityRequest\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cCreateEntityRequest\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Dataplex v1 API class CreateEntityRequest.\n\nCreate a metadata entity request. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e CreateEntityRequest \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[CreateEntityRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[CreateEntityRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[CreateEntityRequest](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### CreateEntityRequest()\n\n public CreateEntityRequest()\n\n### CreateEntityRequest(CreateEntityRequest)\n\n public CreateEntityRequest(CreateEntityRequest other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### Entity\n\n public Entity Entity { get; set; }\n\nRequired. Entity resource.\n\n### Parent\n\n public string Parent { get; set; }\n\nRequired. The resource name of the parent zone:\n`projects/{project_number}/locations/{location_id}/lakes/{lake_id}/zones/{zone_id}`.\n\n### ParentAsZoneName\n\n public ZoneName ParentAsZoneName { get; set; }\n\n[ZoneName](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.ZoneName)-typed view over the [Parent](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataplex.V1.CreateEntityRequest#Google_Cloud_Dataplex_V1_CreateEntityRequest_Parent) resource name property.\n\n### ValidateOnly\n\n public bool ValidateOnly { get; set; }\n\nOptional. Only validate the request, but do not perform mutations.\nThe default is false."]]
