# Entity
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An entity supported by a given `ConnectionType`.

## Contents
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 ** Category **   <a name="Glue-Type-Entity-Category"></a>
The type of entities that are present in the response. This value depends on the source connection. For example this is `SObjects` for Salesforce and `databases` or `schemas` or `tables` for sources like Amazon Redshift.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** CustomProperties **   <a name="Glue-Type-Entity-CustomProperties"></a>
An optional map of keys which may be returned for an entity by a connector.  
Type: String to string map  
Required: No

 ** Description **   <a name="Glue-Type-Entity-Description"></a>
A description of the entity.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** EntityName **   <a name="Glue-Type-Entity-EntityName"></a>
The name of the entity.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** IsParentEntity **   <a name="Glue-Type-Entity-IsParentEntity"></a>
A Boolean value which helps to determine whether there are sub objects that can be listed.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** Label **   <a name="Glue-Type-Entity-Label"></a>
Label used for the entity.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/glue-2017-03-31/Entity) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/glue-2017-03-31/Entity) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/glue-2017-03-31/Entity)