An Entity provides additional context about an item in a UDM event. For example, a PROCESS_LAUNCH event describes that user 'abc@example.corp' launched process 'shady.exe'. The event does not include information that user 'abc@example.com' is a recently terminated employee who administers a server storing finance data. Information stored in one or more Entities can add this additional context.
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{ "metadata": { object (  | 
            
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metadata | 
              
                 
 Entity metadata such as timestamp, product, etc.  | 
            
entity | 
              
                 
 Noun in the UDM event that this entity represents.  | 
            
relations[] | 
              
                 
 One or more relationships between the entity (a) and other entities, including the relationship type and related entity.  | 
            
additional | 
              
                 
 Important entity data that cannot be adequately represented within the formal sections of the Entity.  | 
            
metric | 
              
                 
 Stores statistical metrics about the entity. Used if metadata.entity_type is METRIC.  | 
            
riskScore | 
              
                 
 Stores information related to the entity's risk score.  |