Required. The resource name of the parent location:projects/{project}/locations/{locationId}whereprojectrefers to aprojectIdorproject_numberandlocationIdrefers to a Google Cloud region.
Authorization requires the followingIAMpermission on the specified resourceparent:
dataplex.datascans.create
Query parameters
Parameters
dataScanId
string
Required. DataScan identifier.
Must contain only lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens.
Must start with a letter.
Must end with a number or a letter.
Must be between 1-63 characters.
Must be unique within the customer project / location.
validateOnly
boolean
Optional. Only validate the request, but do not perform mutations. The default isfalse.
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