public sealed class Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation : IMessage<Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation>, IEquatable<Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation>, IDeepCloneable<Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API class Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation.
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[1.8.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.8.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation)\n- [1.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.7.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation)\n- [1.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.6.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation)\n- [1.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.5.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation)\n- [1.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.4.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation)\n- [1.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.3.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation)\n- [1.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.2.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation)\n- [1.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.1.0/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation)\n- [1.0.0-beta06](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/1.0.0-beta06/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation) \n\n public sealed class Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation : IMessage\u003cAnswer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation\u003e, IEquatable\u003cAnswer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cAnswer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Discovery Engine v1 API class Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation.\n\nObservation. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[Answer](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types)[Step](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types)[Action](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types)[Observation](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[Answer](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types)[Step](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types)[Action](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types)[Observation](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[Answer](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types)[Step](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types)[Action](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action)[Types](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types)[Observation](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation), [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.DiscoveryEngine.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.DiscoveryEngine.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### Observation()\n\n public Observation()\n\n### Observation(Observation)\n\n public Observation(Answer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### SearchResults\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cAnswer.Types.Step.Types.Action.Types.Observation.Types.SearchResult\u003e SearchResults { get; }\n\nSearch results observed by the search action, it can be snippets info\nor chunk info, depending on the citation type set by the user."]]