Types

types define the structure and destination of tag data each type specifies which metadata schemas are available to a tag and where the processed data is sent, for example, bigquery or cloud storage when a type is assigned to a tag, the tag inherits the type's metadata schemas and output configuration access types in cloud management > types note for more information on types, see type https //docs cloud google com/manufacturing data engine/docs/concepts/type in the mde documentation types list the types list shows all defined types and their current configuration column description name the name of the type storage the output destinations configured for the type archetype the data series pattern the type is based on, for example, numeric data series or clustered continuous data series version the current version number of the type definition metadata the metadata buckets assigned to this type transformations transformations to apply to data before it reaches the output pack the configuration pack the type belongs to enabled whether the type is enabled active whether the type is currently active actions options to edit or delete the type to filter by archetype, use the archetype dropdown to include disabled types in the list, select show disabled to show only the latest version of each type, select only latest to add a type, click add new type creating a type version clicking add new type or editing an existing type opens the create new type version panel the panel has two sections metadata buckets and storage settings metadata buckets the metadata buckets section lists the available metadata buckets select the buckets to include in this type selected buckets define the contextual fields that tags assigned to this type can populate, for example, asset hierarchy fields or alarm configuration fields a type can include more than one metadata bucket, allowing tags to carry multiple layers of contextual data storage settings the storage settings section defines where processed tag data is sent enable one or more of the following output destinations destination description send to bigquery sends data to a bigquery dataset optionally enable metadata materialization to include tag metadata in the output send to bigtable sends data to a bigtable instance optionally enable metadata materialization send to cloud storage sends data to a cloud storage bucket send to pubsub json publishes data as json messages to a pub/sub topic used for integrations with downstream systems send to pubsub proto publishes data as protobuf messages to a pub/sub topic a type can send data to more than one destination simultaneously versioning types are versioned when you update a type, for example, to add a metadata bucket or change a storage destination, a new version is created rather than overwriting the existing one tags that reference the previous version are not affected until they are updated to use the new version