# Configure Ontology Property Configuration Through Metadata File

**URL:** <https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231>\
**Category:** Product Feedback\
**Tags:** ontology-management\
**Created:** [September 6, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231 "2024-09-06T09:54:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![jf\_baudron](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/palantir/user_avatar/community.palantir.com/jf_baudron/32/1439_2.png) [@jf\_baudron](https://community.palantir.com/u/jf_baudron)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 9:54am UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231/1 "2024-09-06T09:54:05Z")

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Hello!

Here is what I have been doing recently:

- pivoting a dataset to have values as columns
- ending up with 100 value columns
- I need, for each of these columns, to customize:
  - their class
  - their numeric formatting
  - their display name
    - I want to keep a simple code as the property id for better developer experience
    - I want to add a more descriptive name as the display name for better user experience

It would be great to be able to add as a backing dataset of the object type, a metadata json like:

```json
{
    "properties": {
        "column_A_id" : {
            "display_name": "Compressor Rate of the Quantum Unit (A)",
            "numeric_formatting": "a d3 string",
            "class": "my_custom_class"
        }
    }
}

```

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**Author:** ![alieskovsky](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/palantir/user_avatar/community.palantir.com/alieskovsky/32/831_2.png) [@alieskovsky](https://community.palantir.com/u/alieskovsky)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231/2 "2024-09-23T16:30:31Z")

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This is a similar FR as # [Implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) for ontology management in Palantir Foundry](https://community.palantir.com/t/implementing-infrastructure-as-code-iac-for-ontology-management-in-palantir-foundry/1016). We acknowledge the FR/need here, and have been internally prototyping early solutions in this space, please stay tuned for more information! (cc @aparson).

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/palantir/user_avatar/community.palantir.com/system/32/3_2.png) [@system](https://community.palantir.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231/3 "2024-12-30T15:44:12Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/palantir/user_avatar/community.palantir.com/system/32/3_2.png) [@system](https://community.palantir.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231/4 "2025-04-20T05:12:00Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/palantir/user_avatar/community.palantir.com/system/32/3_2.png) [@system](https://community.palantir.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2025, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231/5 "2025-08-10T19:48:35Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/palantir/user_avatar/community.palantir.com/system/32/3_2.png) [@system](https://community.palantir.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231/6 "2026-01-25T16:47:03Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/palantir/user_avatar/community.palantir.com/system/32/3_2.png) [@system](https://community.palantir.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 10:50pm UTC](https://community.palantir.com/t/configure-ontology-property-configuration-through-metadata-file/1231/7 "2026-09-20T22:50:44Z")

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