# EntityRef

A reference to an Entity associated with produced telemetry.

**Type**: `object`

## Properties

- name: descriptionKeys (optional)
  type: array of string
  description: Descriptive (non-identifying) attribute keys of the entity. MAY change over the lifetime of the entity.

- name: idKeys (optional)
  type: array of string
  description: Attribute Keys that identify the entity. MUST not change during the lifetime of the entity.

- name: schemaUrl (optional)
  type: string
  description: The Schema URL, if known. This is the identifier of the Schema that the entity data is recorded in.

- name: type (optional)
  type: string
  description: Defines the type of the entity. MUST not change during the lifetime of the entity.