YAML reference library

The YAML resource configuration files are core to the Cognite Toolkit. Each of the files configures one of the resource types that are supported by the Cognite Toolkit and the CDF API. This article describes how to configure the different resource types.

The Cognite Toolkit bundles logically connected resource configuration files in modules, and each module stores the configuration files in directories corresponding to the resource types, called resource directories. The available resource directories are:

./<module_name>/
         ├── 3dmodels/
         ├── auth/
         ├── classic/
         ├── data_models/
         ├── data_sets/
         ├── extraction_pipelines/
         ├── files/
         ├── functions/
         ├── hosted_extractors/
         ├── locations/
         ├── raw/
         ├── robotics/
         ├── timeseries/
         ├── transformations/
         └── workflows/

Note that a resource directory can host one or more configuration types. For example, the data_models/ directory hosts the configuration files for spaces, containers, views, data models, and nodes. While the classic/ directory hosts the configuration files for labels, assets, and sequences.

When you deploy, the Cognite Toolkit uses the CDF API to implement the YAML configurations in the CDF project.

In general, the format of the YAML files matches the API specification for the resource types. We recommend that you use the externalId of the resources as (part of) the name of the YAML file. This is to enable using the same resource configuration across multiple CDF projects, for example, a development, staging and production project. Use number prefixes (1.<filename.suffix>) to control the order of deployment within each resource type.

3D Models

Resource directory: 3dmodels/

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

API documentation: 3D models

3D model configurations are stored in the module's 3dmodels/ directory. You can have one or more 3D models in a single YAML file. The filename must end with 3DModel, for example, my_3d_model.3DModel.yaml.

Example 3D model configuration:

my_3d_model.3DModel.yaml
name: my_3d_model
dataSetExternalId: ds_3d_models
metadata:
  origin: cdf-toolkit

Assets

Resource directory: classic/

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

API documentation: Assets

Asset configurations are stored in the module's assets/ directory. You can have one or more asset in a single YAML file. The filename must end with Asset, for example, my_asset.Asset.yaml.

Example Asset configuration:

my_root.Asset.yaml
externalId: my_root_asset
name: SAP hierarchy
description: The root asset in the SAP hierarchy
dataSetExternalId: ds_sap_assets
source: SAP
metadata:
  origin: cdf-toolkit

note

The asset API uses an internal ID for the data set, while the YAML configuration files reference the external ID; dataSetExternalId. The Cognite Toolkit resolves the external ID to the internal ID before sending the request to the CDF API.

Table formats

In addition, to yaml Cognite Toolkit also supports csv and parquet formats for asset configurations. As with the yaml format, the filename must end with Asset, for example, my_asset.Asset.csv.

my_root.Asset.csv

externalId,name,description,dataSetExternalId,source,metadata.origin
my_root_asset,SAP hierarchy,The root asset in the SAP hierarchy,ds_sap_assets,SAP,cdf-toolkit

Note that the column names must match the field names in the yaml configuration. The exception is the metadata field, which is a dictionary in the yaml configuration, but a string in the csv configuration. This is solved by using the notation metadata.origin column in the csv configuration.

Groups

Resource directory: auth/

API documentation: Groups

The group configuration files are stored in the module's auth/ directory. Each group has a separate YAML file.

The name field is used as a unique identifier for the group. If you change the name of the group manually in CDF, it will be treated as a different group and will be ignored by the Cognite Toolkit.

Example group configuration:

my_group.yaml
name: 'my_group'
sourceId: '{{mygroup_source_id}}'
metadata:
  origin: 'cognite-toolkit'
capabilities:
  - projectsAcl:
      actions:
        - LIST
        - READ
      scope:
        all: {}

We recommend using the metadata:origin property to indicate that the group is created by the Cognite Toolkit Populate the sourceId with the group ID from CDF project's identity provider.

You can specify each ACL capability in CDF as in the projectsAcl example above. Scoping to dataset, space, RAW table, current user, or pipeline is also supported (see ACL scoping).

Groups and group deletion

If you delete groups with the cdf clean or cdf deploy --drop command, the Cognite Toolkit skips the groups that the running user or service account is a member of. This prevents the cleaning operation from removing access rights from the running user and potentially locking the user out from further operation.

ACL scoping

Dataset scope

Use to restrict access to data in a specific data set.

<fragment>
- threedAcl:
    actions:
      - READ
    scope:
      datasetScope: { ids: ['my_dataset'] }

note

The groups API uses an internal ID for the data set, while the YAML configuration files reference the external ID. The Cognite Toolkit resolves the external ID to the internal ID before sending the request to the CDF API.

Space scope

Use to restrict access to data in a data model space.

<fragment>
- dataModelInstancesAcl:
    actions:
      - READ
    scope:
      spaceIdScope: { spaceIds: ['my_space'] }

Table scope

Use to restrict access to a database or a table in a database.

<fragment>
- rawAcl:
    actions:
      - READ
      - WRITE
    scope:
      tableScope:
        dbsToTables:
          my_database:
            tables: []

Current user-scope

Use to restrict actions to the groups the user is a member of.

<fragment>
- groupsAcl:
    actions:
      - LIST
      - READ
    scope:
      currentuserscope: {}

Security categories

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.2.0 or later

Resource directory: auth/

API documentation: Security categories

The security categories are stored in the module's auth/ directory. You can have one or more security categories in a single YAML file.

We recommend that you start security category names with sc_ and use _ to separate words. The file name is not significant, but we recommend that you name it after the security categories it creates.

project_categories.SecurityCategory.yaml
- name: sc_my_security_category
- name: sc_my_other_security_category

Data models

Resource directory: data_models/

API documentation: Data modeling

The data model configurations are stored in the module's data_models directory.

A data model consists of a set of data modeling entities: one or more spaces, containers, views, and data models. Each entity has its own file with a suffix to indicate the entity type: my.space.yaml, my.container.yaml, my.view.yaml, my.datamodel.yaml.

You can also use the Cognite Toolkit to create nodes to keep configuration for applications (for instance, InField) and to create node types that are part of the data model. Define nodes in files with the .node.yaml suffix.

The Cognite Toolkit applies configurations in the order of dependencies between the entity types: first spaces, next containers, then views, and finally data models.

If there are dependencies between the entities of the same type, you can use prefix numbers in the filename to have the Cognite Toolkit apply the files in the correct order.

The Cognite Toolkit supports using subdirectories to organize the files, for example:

data_models/
    ┣ 📂 containers/
    ┣ 📂 views/
    ┣ 📂 nodes/
    ┣ 📜 my_data_model.datamodel.yaml
    ┗ 📜 data_model_space.space.yaml

Spaces

API documentation: Spaces

Spaces are the top-level entities and is the home of containers, views, and data models. You can create a space with a .space.yaml file in the data_models/ directory.

sp_cognite_app_data.space.yaml
space: sp_cognite_app_data
name: cognite:app:data
description: Space for InField app data

CDF doesn't allow a space to be deleted unless it's empty. If a space contains, for example, nodes that aren't governed by the Cognite Toolkit, the Cognite Toolkit will not delete the space.

Containers

API documentation: Containers

Containers are the home of properties and data. You can create a container with a .container.yaml file in the data_models/ directory. You can also create indexes and constraints according to the API specification.

MyActivity.container.yaml
externalId: MyActivity
usedFor: node
space: sp_activity_data
properties:
  id:
    type:
      type: text
      list: false
      collation: ucs_basic
    nullable: true
  title:
    type:
      type: text
      list: false
      collation: ucs_basic
    nullable: true
  description:
    type:
      type: text
      list: false
      collation: ucs_basic
    nullable: true

The example container definition creates a container with three properties: id, title, and description.

Note that sp_activity_data requires its own activity_data.space.yaml file in the data_models/ directory.

Views

API documentation: Views

Use views to ingest, query, and structure the data into meaningful entities in your data model. You can create a view with a .view.yaml file in the data_models/ directory.

MyActivity.view.yaml
externalId: MyActivity
name: MyActivity
description: 'An activity represents a set of maintenance tasks with multiple operations for individual assets. The activity is considered incomplete until all its operations are finished.'
version: '3'
space: sp_activity_model
properties:
  id:
    description: 'Unique identifier from the source, for instance, an object ID in SAP.'
    container:
      type: container
      space: sp_activity_data
      externalId: MyActivity
    containerPropertyIdentifier: id
  title:
    description: 'A title or brief description of the maintenance activity or work order.'
    container:
      type: container
      space: sp_activity_data
      externalId: MyActivity
    containerPropertyIdentifier: title
  description:
    description: 'A detailed description of the maintenance activity or work order.'
    container:
      type: container
      space: sp_activity_data
      externalId: MyActivity
    containerPropertyIdentifier: description

This example view configuration creates a view with three properties: id, title, and description.

The view references the properties from the container MyActivity in the sp_activity_data space. The view exists in a space called sp_activity_model, while the container exists in the sp_activity_data space.

Data models

API documentation: Data models

Use data models to structure the data into knowledge graphs with relationships between views using edges. From an implementation perspective, a data model is a collection of views.

You can create a data model with a .datamodel.yaml file in the data_models/ directory.

ActivityDataModel.datamodel.yaml
externalId: ActivityDataModel
name: My activity data model
version: '1'
space: sp_activity_model
description: 'A data model for structuring and querying activity data.'
views:
  - type: view
    externalId: MyActivity
    space: sp_activity_model
    version: '3'
  - type: view
    externalId: MyTask
    space: sp_activity_model
    version: '2'

The example data model configuration creates a data model with two views: MyActivity and MyTasks. The data model exists in a space called sp_activity_model together with the views.

Nodes

API documentation: Instances

Use nodes to populate a data model. You can create nodes with a .node.yaml file in the data_models/ directory.

myapp_config.node.yaml
- space: sp_config
  externalId: myapp_config
  sources:
    - source:
        space: sp_config
        externalId: MY_APP_Config
        version: '1'
        type: view
      properties:
        rootLocationConfigurations:
          - assetExternalId: 'my_root_asset_external_id'
            adminGroup:
              - gp_template_admins
        dataSpaceId: sp_activity_data
        modelSpaceId: sp_activity_model
        activityDataModelId: MyActivity
        activityDataModelVersion: '1'

This example node configuration creates a node instance with data that configures a node of the type MY_APP_Config with version '1' in the sp_config space. The instance has data that is read by MY_APP and used to configure the application.

The node instance is created in the sp_config space with myapp_config as the externalId. The example also configures a root location for the application and specifies how to find the application's data: in the sp_activity_data space with version 1 of the MyActivityview.

Another example is node types. They are part of a data model schema (the description of how data is structured), and creates a type of node that can be created in the data model. This is an example of a YAML file with multiple node types defined.

myapp_config.node.yaml
- space: sp_my_model
  externalId: pump
- space: sp_my_model
  externalId: valve

Data sets

Resource directory: data_sets/

API documentation: Data sets

You can not delete data sets in CDF, but you can use the Cognite Toolkit to create new data sets or update existing ones. You can create multiple data sets in the same YAML file.

note

The data sets API uses an internal ID for the data set, while the YAML configuration files reference the external ID; dataSetExternalId. The Cognite Toolkit resolves the external ID to the internal ID before sending the request to the CDF API. For an example, see files.

data_sets.yaml
- externalId: ds_asset_hamburg
  name: asset:hamburg
  description: This dataset contains asset data for the Hamburg location.
- externalId: ds_files_hamburg
  name: files:hamburg
  description: This dataset contains files for the Hamburg location.

This example configuration creates two data sets using the naming conventions for data sets.

Labels

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

Resource directory: classic/ (labels/ in v0.2.0)

API documentation: Data sets

Labels can be found in the module's classic/ directory. You can define one or more labels in a single YAML file. The filename must end with Label, for example, my_equipment.Label.yaml.

The Cognite Toolkit creates labels before files and other resources that reference them.

Example label definition:

my_equipment.Label.yaml
- externalId: label_pump
  name: Pump
  description: A pump is an equipment that moves fluids.
  dataSetExternalId: ds_labels_{{example_variable}}

note

The CDF API doesn't support updating labels. When you update a label with the Cognite Toolkit, it deletes the previous label and creates a new one.

Extraction pipelines

Resource directory: extraction_pipelines/

API documentation: Extraction pipelines

API documentation Cofiguration: Extraction pipeline config

Documentation: Extraction pipeline documentation

Extractor pipelines and configurations are stored in the module's extraction_pipelines/ directory. You can define one or more extraction pipelines in a single YAML file. It is, however, most common to have one pipeline per file. In addition, one or more the extraction pipeline configurations must be stored in a separate file. Extraction pipeline configurations are detected by the .config suffix, while all other files are considered extraction pipelines.

ep_src_asset_hamburg_sap.yaml
externalId: 'ep_src_asset_hamburg_sap'
name: 'src:asset:hamburg:sap'
dataSetExternalId: 'ds_asset_{{location_name}}'
description: 'Asset source extraction pipeline with configuration for a DB extractor reading data from Hamburg SAP'
rawTables:
  - dbName: 'asset_hamburg_sap'
    tableName: 'assets'
source: 'sap'
documentation: "The DB Extractor is a general database extractor that connects to a database, runs one or several queries, and sends the result to CDF RAW.\n\nThe extractor connects to a database over ODBC, which means that you need an ODBC driver for your database. If you are running the Docker version of the extractor, ODBC drivers for MySQL, MS SQL, PostgreSql and Oracle DB are preinstalled in the image. See the example config for details on connection strings for these. If you are running the Windows exe version of the extractor, you must provide an ODBC driver yourself. These are typically provided by the database vendor.\n\nFurther documentation is available [here](./docs/documentation.md)\n\nFor information on development, consider the following guides:\n\n * [Development guide](guides/development.md)\n * [Release guide](guides/release.md)"

This example configuration creates an extraction pipeline with the external ID ep_src_asset_hamburg_sap and the name src:asset:hamburg:sap.

The configuration allows an extractor installed inside a closed network to connect to CDF and download the extractor's configuration file. The Cognite Toolkit expects the configuration file be in the same directory and have the same name as the extraction pipeline configuration file, but with the suffix .config.yaml. The configuration file is not strictly required, but the Cognite Toolkit warns if the file is missing during the deployment process.

The extraction pipeline can be connected to a data set and to the RAW tables that the extractor will write to.

This is an example configuration file for the extraction pipeline above:

ep_src_asset_hamburg_sap.config.yaml
externalId: 'ep_src_asset_hamburg_sap'
description: 'DB extractor config reading data from Hamburg SAP'
config:
  logger:
    console:
      level: INFO
    file:
      level: INFO
      path: 'file.log'
  # List of databases
  databases:
    - type: odbc
      name: postgres
      connection-string: 'DSN={MyPostgresDsn}'
  # List of queries
  queries:
    - name: test-postgres
      database: postgres
      query: >
        SELECT

note

The Cognite Toolkit expects the config property to be valid YAML and will not validate the content of the config property beyond the syntax validation. The extractor that is configured to download the configuration file validates the content of the config property.

Files

Resource directory files/

API documentation: Files

CogniteFile Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

caution

Use the Cognite Toolkit only to upload example data, and not as a general solution to ingest files into CDF.

Files can be found in the module's files/ directory. You can define the metadata of one or more files in a single or multiple YAML file(s). We support the classic /files endpoints and CogniteFile through data modeling endpoints (models/instances). To use the CogniteFile, you must specify the CogniteFile suffix in the filename, for example, my_file.CogniteFile.yaml. All other YAML files are considered classic files, but we recommend that you use FileMetadata as the suffix for classic files, for example, my_file.FileMetadata.yaml.

To upload a file with the metadata, the name in the YAML file must match the filename of the file that should be uploaded.

Note: You can also use the template for uploading multiple files to upload multiple files without specifying the metadata for each file.

Below is an example of a classic file metadata configuration for multiple files, my_file.pdf and my_other_file.pdf:

my_files.FileMetadata.yaml
- externalId: 'sharepointABC_my_file.pdf'
  name: 'my_file.pdf'
  source: 'sharepointABC'
  dataSetExternalId: 'ds_files_hamburg'
  directory: 'files'
  mimeType: 'application/pdf'
  metadata:
    origin: 'cdf-project-templates'
- externalId: 'sharepointABC_my_other_file.pdf'
  name: 'my_other_file.pdf'
  source: 'sharepointABC'
  dataSetExternalId: 'ds_files_hamburg'
  directory: 'files'
  mimeType: 'application/pdf'
  metadata:
    origin: 'cdf-project-templates'

Classic metadata configuration for a single file, my_file.pdf:

my_file.FileMetadata.yaml
externalId: 'sharepointABC_my_file.pdf'
name: 'my_file.pdf'
source: 'sharepointABC'
dataSetExternalId: 'ds_files_hamburg'
directory: 'files'
mimeType: 'application/pdf'
metadata:
  origin: 'cdf-project-templates'

note

The data set is referenced by the dataSetExternalId. The Cognite Toolkit automatically resolves the external ID to the internal ID of the data set.

Below is an example of a CogniteFile metadata configuration for a single file, my_file.pdf:

my_file.CogniteFile.yaml
externalId: 'sharepointABC_my_file.pdf'
space: 'sp_files_hamburg'
name: 'my_file.pdf'
description: 'This is a file uploaded from SharePoint.'
tags:
  - 'file'
  - 'sharepoint'
sourceId: 'sharepointABC'
sourceContext: 'sharepointABC'
source:
  space: 'sp_files_hamburg'
  externalId: 'sharepointABCSource'
sourceCreatedTime: '2022-01-01T00:00:00Z'
sourceUpdatedTime: '2022-01-01T00:00:00Z'
assets:
  - space: 'sp_assets'
    externalId: 'my_root_asset'
mimeType: 'application/pdf'
directory: 'files'
category:
  - space: 'sp_categories'
    externalId: 'sc_my_category'

Below is an example of a CogniteFile metadata configuration for multiple files, my_file.pdf and my_other_file.pdf:

my_files.CogniteFile.yaml
- space: 'sp_files_hamburg'
  externalId: 'sharepointABC_my_file.pdf'
  name: 'my_file.pdf'
  description: 'This is a file uploaded from SharePoint.'
- space: 'sp_files_hamburg'
  externalId: 'sharepointABC_my_other_file.pdf'
  name: 'my_other_file.pdf'
  description: 'This is another file uploaded from SharePoint.'

Uploading multiple files

To upload multiple files without specifying the metadata configuration for each file individually, use this template format for the FileMetadata configuration file:

files.FileMetadata.yaml
- externalId: sharepointABC_$FILENAME
  dataSetExternalId: ds_files_hamburg
  name: $FILENAME
  source: sharepointABC

or for the CogniteFile configuration file:

files.CogniteFile.yaml
- space: 'sp_files_hamburg'
  externalId: sharepointABC_$FILENAME
  name: $FILENAME
  description: 'This is a file uploaded from SharePoint.'

This template is recognized by the Cognite Toolkit by

It is a YAML file given in list/array format.
There is a single entry in the list.
The externalId contains the $FILENAME variable.

All files will be uploaded with the same properties except for the externalId and name properties. The $FILENAME variable will be replaced with the filename of the file being uploaded.

Functions

Resource directory functions/

API documentation: Functions

The function configuration files are stored in the module's functions/ directory. You can define one or more functions in a single or multiple YAML file(s). The Cognite Toolkit creates the functions in the order they are defined in the file.

note

The functions YAML files must be located in the functions/ directory and not in subdirectories. This allows you to store YAML files that are not configuration files in subdirectories as part of the function's code.

Place the function code and files to deploy to CDF as a function in a subdirectory with the same name as the externalId of the function.

Example function configuration:

Folder structure, including a function schedule:

./functions/
         ├── my_function.yaml
         ├── schedules.yaml
         └── fn_example_repeater/

Configuration file:

my_functions.yaml
# The directory with the function code must have the same name
# and externalId as the function itself as defined below.
- name: 'example:repeater'
  externalId: 'fn_example_repeater'
  owner: 'Anonymous'
  description: 'Returns the input data, secrets, and function info.'
  metadata:
    version: '{{version}}'
  secrets:
    mysecret: '{{example_secret}}'
  envVars:
    # The two environment variables below are set by the Toolkit
    ENV_TYPE: '${CDF_BUILD_TYPE}'
    CDF_ENV: '${CDF_ENVIRON}'
  runtime: 'py311'
  functionPath: './src/handler.py'
  # Data set id for the zip file with the code that is uploaded.
  dataSetExternalId: 'ds_files_{{default_location}}'

The functionPath is the path to the handler.py in the function code directory. In this case, handler.py is expected to be in the fn_example_repeater/src/ directory.

Note that dataSetExternalId is used to reference the data set that the function itself is assigned to. The Cognite Toolkit automatically resolves the external ID to the internal ID of the data set.

Function schedules

Resource directory: functions/

API documentation: Schedules

Schedules for functions are also stored in the module's functions/ directory. The Cognite Toolkit expects the YAML file to include "schedule" as part of its file name, for example, schedules.yaml. You can specify more than one schedule in a single file.

To ensure that the function exists before the schedule is created, schedules are deployed after functions Schedules don't have externalIds, and the Cognite Toolkit identifies the schedule by a combination of the functionExternalId and the name. Consequently, you can't deploy two schedules for a function with the exact same name, and with two different sets of data.

schedules.yaml
- name: 'daily-8am-utc'
  functionExternalId: 'fn_example_repeater'
  description: 'Run every day at 8am UTC'
  cronExpression: '0 8 * * *'
  data:
    breakfast: 'today: peanut butter sandwich and coffee'
    lunch: 'today: greek salad and water'
    dinner: 'today: steak and red wine'
  authentication:
    # Credentials to use to run the function in this schedule.
    # In this example, we just use the main deploy credentials, so the result is the same, but use a different set of
    # credentials (env variables) if you want to run the function with different permissions.
    clientId: {{ myfunction_clientId }}
    clientSecret: {{ myfunction_clientSecret }}
- name: 'daily-8pm-utc'
  functionExternalId: 'fn_example_repeater'
  description: 'Run every day at 8pm UTC'
  cronExpression: '0 20 * * *'
  data:
    breakfast: 'tomorrow: peanut butter sandwich and coffee'
    lunch: 'tomorrow: greek salad and water'
    dinner: 'tomorrow: steak and red wine'

The functionExternalId must match an existing function or a function deployed by the tool.

For schedules, the authentication property is optional but recommended. You can use it to specify credentials for the schedule that are different from the default credentials used by the Cognite Toolkit. We recommend using credentials with the minimum required access rights to run the function . If you don't specify the authentication property, the Cognite Toolkit uses its own credentials to run the function. This is not recommended for production environments, as the Cognite Toolkit service principal typically has full access to the CDF project.

Hosted Extractors

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

Resource directory: hosted_extractors/

Hosted extractor documentation: Hosted extractors

The hosted extractors are stored in the module's hosted_extractors/ directory. A hosted extractor has four types of resources: Source, Destination, Job, and Mapping. Each resource type has its suffix in the filename, for example, my_kafka.Source.yaml.

When creating, updating, and deleting hosted extractors, the Cognite Toolkit applies changes in the correct order based on the dependencies between the source, destination, job, and mapping versions.

Source

API documentation: Hosted extractor source

Below is an example of a source configuration file.

my_mqtt.Source.yaml
type: mqtt5
externalId: my_mqtt
host: mqtt.example.com
port: 1883
authentication:
  username: myuser
  password: ${my_mqtt_password}

Destination

API documentation: Hosted extractor destination

Below is an example of a destination configuration file.

my_cdf.Destination.yaml
externalId: my_cdf
credentials:
  clientId: ${my_cdf_clientId}
  clientSecret: ${my_cdf_clientSecret}
targetDataSetExternalId: ds_files_hamburg

note

The Cognite Toolkit automatically resolves the external ID to the internal ID of the data set.

Job

API documentation: Hosted extractor job

Below is an example of a job configuration file.

my_mqtt_to_cdf.Job.yaml
externalId: my_mqtt_to_cdf
sourceId: my_mqtt
destinationId: my_cdf
format:
  type: value
  encoding: utf-16
  compression: gzip

Mapping

API documentation: Hosted extractor mapping

Below is an example of a mapping configuration file.

my_mqtt_to_cdf.Mapping.yaml
externalId: my_mqtt_to_cdf
mapping:
  expression: '[{
  "type": "datapoint",
  "timestamp": to_unix_timestamp(input.timestamp, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S"),
  "value": try_float(input.value, null),
  "externalId": input.tag
}].filter(datapoint => datapoint.value is not null)'
input:
  type: json
published: true

For more information about the mapping configuration, see the Hosted extractor documentation.

Locations

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

Resource directory: locations/

The location filters are stored in the module's locations/ directory. You can have one or multiple locations in a single YAML file. The location YAML file name must end with LocationFilter, for example, my.LocationFilter.yaml.

Location filters work with data modeling or with asset-centric resource types. The below example shows a location filter for data modeling.

example.Location.yaml

externalId: unique-external-id-123
name: "Example location name"
description: "This is a description of the location."
parentExternalId: "The parent location external ID"
dataModels:
  - externalId: CogniteProcessIndustries
    space: cdf_idm
    version: v1
instanceSpaces:
  - instance-space-main
  - instance-space-secondary

Asset-centric location filters apply to assets, time series, events, sequences, and events. You can use a shared filter for all of these:

shared_filter.LocationFilter.yaml
externalId: unique-external-id-123
name: "Example location name"
parentId: 1
description: "This is a description of the location."
assetCentric:
  dataSetExternalIds:
    - ds_data_set_890
  assetSubtreeIds:
    - externalId: general-subtree-id-890
  externalIdPrefix: general-prefix

It's common to use either dataSetExternalId, assetSubtreeId, or externalIdPrefix in the filter. The example below illustrates all the options.

You can also set filters for specific resource types, such as assets, events, files, timeseries, and sequences:

shared_filter.LocationFilter.yaml
externalId: unique-external-id-123
name: "Example location name"
parentId: 1
description: "This is a description of the location."
assetCentric:
  assets:
    dataSetExternalIds:
      - ds_data_set_123
    assetSubtreeIds:
      - externalId: root-asset
    externalIdPrefix: asset-prefix
  events:
    dataSetExternalIds:
      - ds_data_set_456
    assetSubtreeIds:
      - externalId: event-subtree-id-678
    externalIdPrefix: event-prefix
  files:
    dataSetExternalIds:
      - ds_data_set_789
    assetSubtreeIds:
      - externalId: file-subtree-id-901
    externalIdPrefix: file-prefix
  timeseries:
    dataSetExternalIds:
      - ds_data_set_234
    assetSubtreeIds:
      - externalId: timeseries-subtree-id-234
    externalIdPrefix: timeseries-prefix
  sequences:
    dataSetExternalIds:
      - ds_data_set_567
    assetSubtreeIds:
      - externalId: sequence-subtree-id-567
    externalIdPrefix: sequence-prefix

note

The location filter API uses an internal ID for the parentId and dataSetId, while the YAML configuration files reference the external ID; parentExternalid and dataSetExternalId. The Cognite Toolkit resolves the external ID to the internal ID before sending the request to the CDF API.

RAW

Resource directory: raw/

API documentation: RAW

The RAW configuration files are stored in the module's raw/ directory.

You can have one or more RAW configurations in a single YAML file. For example, multiple tables can be defined in a single file.

raw_tables.yaml
- dbName: sap
  tableName: workorder_mdi2_sap
- dbName: sap
  tableName: workorxder_mdi2_sap2

Or you can define one table per file.

sap_workorder_mdi2_sap.yaml
dbName: sap
tableName: workorder_mdi2_sap

Uploading data to RAW tables

caution

Use the Cognite Toolkit only to upload example data, and not as a general solution to ingest data into CDF. However, there are use cases where uploading data to RAW tables can be useful see Use case: Uploading data to RAW tables.

You can upload data to RAW tables. You need to create one YAML file per table you want to upload. The data file can either be a .csv or .parquet file and must be named the same name as the YAML file.

This example configuration creates a RAW database called asset_hamburg_sap with a table called assets and populates it with data from the asset_hamburg_sap.csv file.

asset_hamburg_sap.yaml
dbName: asset_hamburg_sap
tableName: assets

asset_hamburg_sap.csv
"key","categoryId","sourceDb","parentExternalId","updatedDate","createdDate","externalId","isCriticalLine","description","tag","areaId","isActive"
"WMT:48-PAHH-96960","1152","workmate","WMT:48-PT-96960","2015-10-06 12:28:33","2013-05-16 11:50:16","WMT:48-PAHH-96960","false","VRD - PH STG1 COMP WTR MIST RELEASED : PRESSURE ALARM HIGH HIGH","48-PAHH-96960","1004","true"
"WMT:48-XV-96960-02","1113","workmate","WMT:48-XV-96960","2015-10-08 08:48:04","2009-06-26 15:36:40","WMT:48-XV-96960-02","false","VRD - PH STG1 COMP WTR MIST WTR RLS","48-XV-96960-02","1004","true"
"WMT:23-TAL-96183","1152","workmate","WMT:23-TT-96183","2015-10-06 12:28:32","2013-05-16 11:50:16","WMT:23-TAL-96183","false","VRD - PH 1STSTG COMP OIL TANK HEATER : TEMPERATURE ALARM LOW","23-TAL-96183","1004","true"

tip

If the leftmost column in the CSV file is named key, the Cognite Toolkit will use this column as the index column for the table.

Use case: Uploading data to RAW tables

The Cognite Toolkit governs resource configurations, typically metadata rather than data. For example, a sensor's name, location, type, and the asset it's attached to are metadata, while the actual sensor readings are data.

Metadata is typically available from a source system. You can, for example, use an extraction pipeline to extract and ingest the metadata to CDF.

If the metadata isn't available for extraction from a source system, a potential option is to store the metadata as .csv files and have them version-controlled, for example, in a Git repository. Next, you can use the Cognite Toolkit to deploy the metadata to RAW tables in CDF. Then, you can use Transformations to write the metadata to the correct destination resources. This way, you can track changes to the metadata and use the Git repository as the single source of truth for the metadata.

Robotics

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

Resource directory: robotics/

API documentation: The Robotics API is not yet publicly available.

The Robotics configuration files are stored in the module's robotics/ directory. There are multiple types of Robotics resources: RobotCapability, Map, Location, Frame, DataPostProcessing. You can have one or more resources in a single YAML file, but all resources in the file must be of the same type. Each resource type has its suffix in the filename, for example, my_robot_capability.RobotCapability.yaml.

Robot capabilities

Below is an example of a RobotCapability configuration file.

my_robot_capability.RobotCapability.yaml
name: ptz
externalId: ptz
method: ptz
description: Description of the PTZ camera capability
inputSchema:
  $schema: http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#
  id: robotics/schemas/0.1.0/capabilities/ptz
  title: PTZ camera capability input
  type: object
  properties:
    method:
      type: string
    parameters:
      type: object
      properties:
        tilt:
          type: number
          minimum: -90
          maximum: 90
        pan:
          type: number
          minimum: -180
          maximum: 180
        zoom:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
      required:
      - tilt
      - pan
      - zoom
  required:
  - method
  - parameters
  additionalProperties: false
dataHandlingSchema:
  $schema: http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#
  id: robotics/schemas/0.1.0/data_handling/ptz
  type: object
  properties:
    uploadInstructions:
      type: object
      properties:
        image:
          type: object
          properties:
            method:
              const: uploadFile
            parameters:
              type: object
              properties:
                filenamePrefix:
                  type: string
              required:
              - filenamePrefix
          required:
          - method
          - parameters
          additionalProperties: false
      additionalProperties: false
  required:
  - uploadInstructions

In the above schema, we have:

Required properties: name, externalId and method.
Optional properties: description, inputSchema, dataHandlingSchema.
inputSchema and dataHandlingSchema are objects and are not verified by the Cognite Toolkit, they are passed as is to the Robotics API.

Map

Below is an example of a Map configuration file.

my_map.Map.yaml
name: Robot navigation map
externalId: robotMap
mapType: POINTCLOUD
description: A map of the robot's navigation environment
frameExternalId: robotFrame
data:
  filename: map.ply
  mimeType: application/octet-stream
locationExternalId: robotLocation
scale: 1.0

In the above schema, we have:

Required properties: name, externalId, and mapType.
Optional properties: description, data, locationExternalId, scale.
MapType has allowed values WAYPOINTMAP, THREEDMODEL, TWODMAP, and POINTCLOUD
data is an object that is not verified by the Cognite Toolkit, it is passed as is to the Robotics API.

Location

Below is an example of a Location configuration file.

my_location.Location.yaml
name: Water treatment plant
externalId: waterTreatmentPlant1_Windows_3_11_8
description: Original Description

In the above schema, we have:

Required properties: name and externalId.
Optional properties: description.

Frame

Below is an example of a Frame configuration file.

my_frame.Frame.yaml
name: Some coordinate frame
externalId: someCoordinateFrame
transform:
  parentFrameExternalId: rootCoordinateFrame
  translation:
    x: 0
    y: 0
    z: 0
  orientation:
    x: 0
    y: 0
    z: 0
    w: 1

In the above schema, we have:

Required properties: name and externalId.
Optional properties: transform.
In transform,
- Required properties: parentFrameExternalId, translation, orientation.
- Optional properties: None.
- For translation and orientation, all properties are required.

Data post-processing

Below is an example of a DataPostProcessing configuration file.

my_data_post_processing.DataPostProcessing.yaml
name: Read dial gauge
externalId: read_dial_gauge
method: read_dial_gauge
description: Original Description
inputSchema:
  $schema: http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#
  id: robotics/schemas/0.1.0/capabilities/ptz
  title: PTZ camera capability input
  type: object
  properties:
    method:
      type: string
    parameters:
      type: object
      properties:
        tilt:
          type: number
          minimum: -90
          maximum: 90
        pan:
          type: number
          minimum: -180
          maximum: 180
        zoom:
          type: number
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
      required:
      - tilt
      - pan
      - zoom
  required:
  - method
  - parameters
  additionalProperties: false

In the above schema, we have:

Required properties: name, externalId, and method.
Optional properties: description, inputSchema.
inputSchema is an object and is not verified by the Cognite Toolkit, it is passed as is to the Robotics API.

Sequences

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

Resource directory: classic/

API documentation: Sequences

Sequences can be found in the module's classic/ directory. You can define one or more sequences in a single YAML file. The filename must end with Sequence, for example, my_sequence.Sequence.yaml.

Below is an example of a sequence configuration file.

my_sequence.Sequence.yaml
externalId: windturbine_powercurve_xyz
name: Wind turbine power curve XYZ
description: A power curve for a wind turbine model XYZ
dataSetExternalId: ds_sequences
columns:
  - externalId: wind_speed
    type: DOUBLE
    description: Wind speed in m/s
  - externalId: power
    type: DOUBLE
    description: Power in kW

note

The data set is referenced by the dataSetExternalId. The Cognite Toolkit automatically resolves the external ID to the internal ID of the data set.

Transformations

Resource directory: transformations/

Transformation Notifications requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

API documentation Transformations: Transformations

API documentation Schedules: Schedule

API documentation Notifications: Notifications

The transformation configuration files are stored in the module's transformations/ directory. You can have one or more transformations in a single YAML file, but typically you have one transformation per file.

Each transformation can have a corresponding .sql file with the accompanying SQL code. The .sql file should have the same filename as the YAML file that defines the transformation (without the number prefix) or use the externalId of the transformation as the filename.

The transformation schedule is a separate resource type, tied to the transformation by external_id.

The Cognite Toolkit detects the transformation schedule YAML file by the schedule suffix in the filename, for example, my_transformation.schedule.yaml. The transformation notification YAML file is detected by the Notification suffix in the filename, for example, my_transformation.Notification.yaml. All other YAML files are considered transformation configurations.

Transformation configuration

Example transformation configuration:

tr_asset_oid_workmate_asset_hierarchy.yaml
externalId: 'tr_asset_{{location_name}}_{{source_name}}_asset_hierarchy'
dataSetExternalId: 'ds_asset_{{location_name}}'
name: 'asset:{{location_name}}:{{source_name}}:asset_hierarchy'
destination:
  type: 'asset_hierarchy'
ignoreNullFields: true
isPublic: true
conflictMode: upsert
# Specify credentials separately like this:
# You can also use different credentials for running the transformations than the credentials you use to deploy.
authentication:
  clientId: {{ cicd_clientId }}
  clientSecret: {{ cicd_clientSecret }}
  tokenUri: {{ cicd_tokenUri }}
  # Optional: If idP requires providing the cicd_scopes
  cdfProjectName: {{ cdfProjectName }}
  scopes: {{ cicd_scopes }}
  # Optional: If idP requires providing the cicd_audience
  audience: {{ cicd_audience }}

tr_asset_oid_workmate_asset_hierarchy.sql
SELECT
  externalId                      as externalId,
  if(parentExternalId is null,
     '',
     parentExternalId)            as parentExternalId,
  tag                             as name,
  sourceDb                        as source,
  description,
  dataset_id('{{asset_dataset}}')     as dataSetId,
  to_metadata_except(
    array("sourceDb", "parentExternalId", "description"), *)
                                  as metadata
FROM
  `{{asset_raw_input_db}}`.`{{asset_raw_input_table}}`

You can configure the transformation with both from and to sets of credentials (sourceOidcCredentials and destinationOidcCredentials). Use authentication: to configure both credentials with same set of credentials. If you want to configure different credentials for the source and destination, use the sourceOidcCredentials and destinationOidcCredentials properties instead.

You can specify the SQL inline in the transformation YAML file, using the query property (str), but we recommend that you use a separate .sql file for readability.

In the above transformation, the transformation re-uses the globally defined credentials for the Cognite Toolkit. For production porjects, we recommend that you use a service account with the minimum required access rights instead.

Configure two new variables in the config.[env].yaml of the module (for example, config.prod.yaml):

abc_clientId: ${ABC_CLIENT_ID}
abc_clientSecret: ${ABC_CLIENT_SECRET}

In the environment (CI/CD pipeline), you need to set the ABC_CLIENT_ID and ABC_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables to the credentials of the application/service account configured in your identity provider for the transformation.

Transformation Schedule

The transformation schedule is optional. If you do not specify a schedule, the transformation will be created, but not scheduled. You can then schedule it manually in the CDF UI or using the CDF API. Schedule is a separate API endpoint in CDF.

Example transformation schedule configuration:

tr_asset_oid_workmate_asset_hierarchy.schedule.yaml
externalId: 'tr_asset_{{location_name}}_{{source_name}}_asset_hierarchy'
interval: '{{scheduleHourly}}'
isPaused: {{ pause_transformations }}

Transformation Notifications

The transformation notification is optional. Below is an example of a transformation notification configuration file.

tr_notifications.Notification.yaml
- transformationExternalId: tr_first_transformation
  destination: john.smith@example.com
- transformationExternalId: tr_first_transformation
  destination: jane.smith@example.com

caution

CDF identifies notifications by their internal ID while the Cognite Toolkit uses a combination of the transformation external ID and the destination to identify each notification Running cdf clean deletes all notifications for a transformation external ID and destination.

Time series

Resource directory: timeseries/

API documentation: Time-series

caution

Use the Cognite Toolkit only to upload example data, and not as a general solution to ingest time series into CDF.

TimeSeries can be found in the module's timeseries/ directory. You can define the metadata of one or more time series in a single or multiple YAML file(s). All YAML files that does not have the DatapointSubscription suffix are considered time series configurations.

note

Typically, you create time series when ingesting data into CDF by configuring the data pipelines with the corresponding data sets, databases, groups, and so on.

Example time series configuration:

timeseries.yaml
- externalId: 'pi_160696'
  name: 'VAL_23-PT-92504:X.Value'
  dataSetExternalId: ds_timeseries_hamburg
  isString: false
  metadata:
    compdev: '0'
    location5: '2'
    pointtype: Float32
    convers: '1'
    descriptor: PH 1stStgSuctCool Gas Out
    contextMatchString: 23-PT-92504
    contextClass: VAL
    digitalset: ''
    zero: '0'
    filtercode: '0'
    compdevpercent: '0'
    compressing: '0'
    tag: 'VAL_23-PT-92504:X.Value'
  isStep: false
  description: PH 1stStgSuctCool Gas Out
- externalId: 'pi_160702'
  name: 'VAL_23-PT-92536:X.Value'
  dataSetExternalId: ds_timeseries_hamburg
  isString: false
  metadata:
    compdev: '0'
    location5: '2'
    pointtype: Float32
    convers: '1'
    descriptor: PH 1stStgComp Discharge
    contextMatchString: 23-PT-92536
    contextClass: VAL
    digitalset: ''
    zero: '0'
    filtercode: '0'
    compdevpercent: '0'
    compressing: '0'
    tag: 'VAL_23-PT-92536:X.Value'

This configuration creates two timeseries in the ds_timeseries_hamburg data set with the external IDs pi_160696 and pi_160702.

Uploading datapoints to time series

caution

Use the Cognite Toolkit only to upload example data, and not as a general solution to ingest time series into CDF.

You can upload datapoints to times series using the Cognite Toolkit. The datapoints are stored in the module's timeseries/ directory. Datapoints are stored in csv or parquet files. There is no requirements for the filename of the datapoints file.

note

Typically, you create time series when ingesting data into CDF by configuring the data pipelines with the corresponding data sets, databases, groups, and so on.

Example of datapoints:

datapoints.csv
timestamp,pi_160696,pi_160702
2013-01-01 00:00:00,0.9430412044195982,0.9212588490581821
2013-01-01 01:00:00,0.9411303320132799,0.9212528389403117
2013-01-01 02:00:00,0.9394743147709556,0.9212779911470234
2013-01-01 03:00:00,0.9375842300608798,
2013-01-01 04:00:00,0.9355836846172971,0.9153202184209938

This .csv file loads data into the time series created in the previous example. The first column is the timestamp, and the following columns are the external ID for the time series at that timestamp.

Timeseries subscriptions

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.2.0 or later

Resource directory: timeseries/

API documentation: Timeseries subscriptions

Timeseries subscriptions are stored in the module's timeseries/ directory. We recommend to have a separate YAML file for each subscription. Use the DatapointSubscription suffix in the filename, for example my_subscription.DatapointSubscription.yaml.

The Cognite Toolkit create the timeseries subscription after the timeseries.

Example timeseries subscription configuration:

my_subscription.DatapointSubscription.yaml
externalId: my_subscription
name: My Subscription
description: All timeseries with externalId starting with ts_value
partitionCount: 1
filter:
  prefix:
    property:
      - externalId
    value: ts_value

Workflows

Requires Cognite Toolkit v0.2.0 or later

WorkflowTrigger requires Cognite Toolkit v0.3.0 or later

Resource directory: workflows/

API documentation: Workflows

The workflows are stored in the module's workflows/ directory. A workflow has three types of resources: Workflow, WorkflowVersion, and WorkflowTrigger. They are identified by the Workflow.yaml, WorkflowVersion.yaml, and WorkflowTrigger suffixes. We recommend having one file per workflow and workflow version.

When creating, updating, and deleting workflows, the Cognite Toolkit applies changes in the correct order based on the dependencies between the workflows and workflow versions. The Cognite Toolkit creates transformations and functions before the workflow versions to ensure that the workflow versions can reference them.

Example workflow:

my_workflow.Workflow.yaml
externalId: wf_my_workflow
description: A workflow for processing data

Example workflow version:

my_version.WorkflowVersion.yaml
workflowExternalId: wf_my_workflow
version: '1'
workflowDefinition:
  description: 'Run tasks in sequence'
  tasks:
    - externalId: '{{ workflow_external_id }}_function_task'
      type: 'function'
      parameters:
        function:
          externalId: 'fn_first_function'
          data: {}
        isAsyncComplete: false
      name: 'Task One'
      description: First task
      retries: 3
      timeout: 3600
      onFailure: 'abortWorkflow'
    - externalId: '{{ workflow_external_id }}_transformation_task'
      type: 'transformation'
      parameters:
        transformation:
          externalId: 'tr_first_transformation'
          concurrencyPolicy: fail
      name: 'Task Two'
      description: Second task
      retries: 3
      timeout: 3600
      onFailure: 'skipTask'
      dependsOn:
        - externalId: '{{ workflow_external_id }}_function_task'

Example workflow trigger:

my_trigger.WorkflowTrigger.yaml
externalId: my_trigger
triggerRule:
  triggerType: schedule
  cronExpression: '0 0 * * *'
input:
  my_input: 'data'
workflowExternalId: wf_my_workflow
workflowVersion: '1'
authentication:
  clientId: {{ my_trigger_clientId }}
  clientSecret: ${IDP_WF_TRIGGER_SECRET}

tip

You can specify the credentials for the workflow trigger by adding a authentication property to the WorkflowTrigger configuration.

externalId: my_trigger
...
authentication:
  clientId: {{ my_trigger_clientId }}
  clientSecret: ${IDP_WF_TRIGGER_SECRET}

caution

The CDF API doesn't support updating workflow Triggers. When you update a trigger with the Cognite Toolkit, the Cognite Toolkit deletes the existing trigger and creates a new one with the updated configuration. This means that the run history of the trigger is lost.

YAML reference library

3D Models​

Assets​

Table formats​

Groups​

Groups and group deletion​

ACL scoping​

Dataset scope​

Space scope​

Table scope​

Current user-scope​

Security categories​

Data models​

Spaces​

Containers​

Views​

Data models​

Nodes​

Data sets​

Labels​

Extraction pipelines​

Files​

Uploading multiple files​

Functions​

Function schedules​

Hosted Extractors​

Source​

Destination​

Job​

Mapping​

Locations​

RAW​

Uploading data to RAW tables​

Use case: Uploading data to RAW tables​

Robotics​

Robot capabilities​

Map​

Location​

Frame​

Data post-processing​

Sequences​

Transformations​

Transformation configuration​

Transformation Schedule​

Transformation Notifications​

Time series​

Uploading datapoints to time series​

Timeseries subscriptions​

Workflows​

3D Models

Assets

Table formats

Groups

Groups and group deletion

ACL scoping

Dataset scope

Space scope

Table scope

Current user-scope

Security categories

Data models

Spaces

Containers

Views

Data models

Nodes

Data sets

Labels

Extraction pipelines

Files

Uploading multiple files

Functions

Function schedules

Hosted Extractors

Source

Destination

Job

Mapping

Locations

RAW

Uploading data to RAW tables

Use case: Uploading data to RAW tables

Robotics

Robot capabilities

Map

Location

Frame

Data post-processing

Sequences

Transformations

Transformation configuration

Transformation Schedule

Transformation Notifications

Time series

Uploading datapoints to time series

Timeseries subscriptions

Workflows