---
title: "Lease Entity"
slug: "lease-entity"
tags: ["lease", "entity", "database"]
updated: 2024-11-01T20:00:19Z
published: 2024-11-01T20:00:19Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/lease-entity"
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# Lease Entity

| ## Step Details |
| --- |
| **Introduced in Version** | 3.0.0 |
| **Last Modified in Version** | 9.4.0 |
| **Location** | Database > Leasing |

The **Lease Entity** step fetches an Entity and acquires leases on it, preventing other process threads from working on the Entity. Properties shown below are only for v9.4 and above.

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## Properties

#### Entity Fetch Definition

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Type Name | Allows the user to select the entity type | --- |
| Fetch Criteria | Allows the user to add new Fetch Criteria by using the Field Name to construct a query-like statement for Decisions to interpret automatically within the step. More than one Fetch Criteria can be configured. | --- |

#### Lease Setup

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| LeaseCount | Determines the number of leases | Int32 |
| LeaseTimeSpan | Sets the time span for the lease | --- |

#### Modify Fetch Behavior

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fetch Deleted Entities | Length of time to apply for a lease | --- |
| Combine Filters Using AND | This setting will combine the filters set up in the Fetch Criteria section using AND. | --- |
| Read Uncommitted Data | Enabling this feature allows Decisions to read entities in a database that have been changed but not saved. | --- |

#### Security

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Respect Permissions |  | --- |

#### Inputs

| Property | Description | Data Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parent Folder Id | Folder ID of where the data lives. | String |

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## Feature Changes

| Description | Version | Release | Developer Task |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Properties were reorganized and names were made consistent. | [9.4](https://documentation.decisions.com/v99/docs/version-94x-release-notes) | November 2024 | [DT-042028] |

## Related

- [Try Lease Entity](/try-lease-entity.md)
- [Delete Leased Entity](/delete-leased-entity.md)
- [Renew Lease Entity](/renew-lease-entity.md)