# process\_operation
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**Primary key (PK)**

The table below lists the colum names that are uniquely identified in the data entity.


| Name | Column | 
| --- | --- | 
| process\_operation | process\_operation\_id, process\_id | 

The table below lists the column names supported by the *process\_operation* data entity:


| Column | Data type | Required | Description | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| process\_operation\_id | string | Yes | Type of process operation. | 
| process\_id1 | string | Yes | Process ID. For example, process, work order, or maintenance order. | 
| company\_id1 | string | No | Company ID. | 
| type | string | No | Type of operation within the process. For example, open machine. | 
| site\_location | string | No | Name of the location or section in site or plant. | 
| status | string | No | Status of the process. | 
| operation\_name | string | No | Name of the operation. | 
| operation\_sequence | string | No | Sequence of the operation within the process. | 
| planned\_start\_dttm | timestamp | No | Planned start date-time of operation. | 
| planned\_end\_dttm | timestamp | No | Planned end date-time of operation. | 

1Foreign key

**Foreign key (FK)**

The table below lists the columns with the associated foreign key.


| Column | Category | FK/Data entity | FK/Column | 
| --- | --- | --- | --- | 
| process\_id | Operation | process\_header | process\_id | 
| company\_id | Organization | company | id |