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Entity State

A state of an entity (object) is a set of attributes or properties that identifies the condition of the entity at a specific time. An entity remains in a particular state until an event occurs, which changes the existing state. As state changes, the behaviour of the entity can change. For example, at a given time 11.50 A.M, the characteristic of an entity can be described by the following event details:

Location - New York
Version - 2.0
Color - Red
System Health - Healthy

These event details help determine the state of the entity at the specified time.

Entity state

A state of an entity is denoted by a key-value pair. The key-value pair always contains the start and end time of the state. A state of an object is a mapping between the key-value attribute and the timestamp. You can observe or fetch the object state details using the Unified Query Language (UQL) at any given point of time or any given time interval.