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title: IoT TwinMaker Entity
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# IoT TwinMaker Entity

IoT TwinMaker Entity in AWS represents a digital twin component that models real-world systems, such as equipment, processes, or environments. An entity can include properties, components, and relationships that define its behavior and connections to other entities. It allows users to build a virtual representation of physical assets, enabling monitoring, simulation, and analysis within IoT TwinMaker applications.

```
aws.iottwinmaker_entity
```

## Fields

| Title                       | ID   | Type       | Data Type                                                                                                                 | Description |
| --------------------------- | ---- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key                        | core | string     |
| account_id                  | core | string     |
| are_all_components_returned | core | bool       | This flag notes whether all components are returned in the API response. The maximum number of components returned is 30. |
| arn                         | core | string     | The ARN of the entity.                                                                                                    |
| components                  | core | string     | An object that maps strings to the components in the entity. Each string in the mapping must be unique to this object.    |
| creation_date_time          | core | timestamp  | The date and time when the entity was created.                                                                            |
| description                 | core | string     | The description of the entity.                                                                                            |
| entity_id                   | core | string     | The ID of the entity.                                                                                                     |
| entity_name                 | core | string     | The name of the entity.                                                                                                   |
| has_child_entities          | core | bool       | A Boolean value that specifies whether the entity has associated child entities.                                          |
| parent_entity_id            | core | string     | The ID of the parent entity for this entity.                                                                              |
| status                      | core | json       | The current status of the entity.                                                                                         |
| sync_source                 | core | string     | The syncSource of the sync job, if this entity was created by a sync job.                                                 |
| tags                        | core | hstore_csv |
| update_date_time            | core | timestamp  | The date and time when the entity was last updated.                                                                       |
| workspace_id                | core | string     | The ID of the workspace.                                                                                                  |