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Classification Search Profile

The performance of programmatically searching for existing entities based on their classification(s).

The Open Metadata Repository Services (OMRS) interface for a metadata repository defines an optional method for searching for entity instances based on classification:

Method Description
findEntitiesByClassification searches for entity instances based on specific classifications or properties of classifications with specific values
Assertions
ID Description
repository-classification-search-performance-findEntitiesByClassification-all Repository performs search for both of two classification property values, sorting by most recent update date, of first page of instances for a classification.
repository-classification-search-performance-findEntitiesByClassification-alone Repository performs search by classification alone (no properties), sorting by most recent creation date, of first page of instances for a classification.
repository-classification-search-performance-findEntitiesByClassification-any Repository performs search for either of two classification property values, sorting by oldest update date, of first page of instances for a classification.
repository-classification-search-performance-findEntitiesByClassification-none Repository performs search for neither of two classification property values, sorting by entity GUID, of first page of instances for a classification.
repository-classification-search-performance-findEntitiesByClassification-one Repository performs search by a single classification property value, sorting by oldest creation date, of first page of instances for a classification.
repository-classification-update-performance-findEntitiesByClassification Repository performs search for unordered first instancesPerType instances with a classification.
repository-entity-declassification-performance-findEntitiesByClassification Repository performs search for unordered first instancesPerType instances with a classification.
repository-entity-declassification-performance-findEntitiesByClassification-rc Repository performs search for unordered first instancesPerType reference copy classifications.

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