3 - Creating Your Object Type

In this task, you will be creating your own Flight Alert object type with a step-by-step helper in Foundry's Ontology Manager. The goal of this training is to provide you with experience in basic Ontology building, not to expose every feature of the Ontology Manager.

🔨 Create the Flight Alert object type

1. Open the Ontology Manager application from the Workspace sidebar

2. With the Overview menu item selected in the top left of your screen, click ⊕ New object type to the right of the navigation menu.

3. In the Create new object type window, complete the fields as follows:

   • Datasource:
     • On the right side of the window, click the ✎ Select button to choose the datasource for your new object type.
     • Locate the dataset you generated in the previous task (e.g., flight_alerts_{yourname}_{date}) and select it.
     • Click on the blue Next button.
   • Configure object type metadata:
     • Object type name - singular: Enter a display name that indicates this is your object. For example, [yourName] Flight Alert, replacing yourName with a personal indicator. We recommend object names to be singular and written in Title Case.
     • Object type name - plural: This will auto-populate based on your entry above. There is no need to alter this.
     • Description: Provide a short description of your object type. For example, Object created for training purposes on {date}.
     • ID: There is no need to change this from the default, which is derived from your chosen display name.
     • Icon: Choose any icon and color you wish to represent your object type. This can be updated at any time.
     • Click on the blue Next button.
   • Properties: All object types must have a title key and a unique primary key. These keys are properties (dataset columns) that will identify individual objects (dataset rows):
     • Primary Key: A field that is unique for each row in the dataset.
     • Title Key: The property that will serve as the human-readable label for your objects.
     • In this case, set both title key and primary key to Alert Display Name.
   • Click the Create button in the bottom right of the window.

📚 Recommended Reading (~2 min read)

Before moving on, read this brief object creation guide to help orient you to the interface.