---
title: "GET /businessdomains"
method: GET
path: "/businessdomains"
tags: ["BusinessDomain"]
---

# GET /businessdomains

`GET /businessdomains`

## Request

- Base URL: `{endpoint}/datagovernance/catalog`
- URL: `{endpoint}/datagovernance/catalog/businessdomains`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Implicit: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize`
  - Scopes: `https://purview.azure.net/.default`

Enumerates business domains with optional continuation token and write-obligation filtering. Rate limit: 500 requests per 20-second window.

## Query parameters

- `api-version` string, required
- `$skipToken` string
- `writeOnly` boolean

## Response `200`

The request has succeeded.

- PagedDomain: Paged collection of Domain items
  - `value` Domain[], required: The Domain items on this page
    - `status` 'DRAFT' | 'PUBLISHED' | 'EXPIRED': Status of a catalog model entity indicating its lifecycle state.
    - `type` 'FunctionalUnit' | 'LineOfBusiness' | 'DataDomain' | 'Regulatory' | 'Project': CatalogModelDomainTypeEnum
    - `id` string, uuid, required: Universally Unique Identifier
    - `name` string: The name of the domain.
    - `isRestricted` boolean: Whether the domain is restricted.
    - `systemData` CatalogModelSystemDataWithExpired, required: System metadata with expiration information for catalog entities.
      - `provisioningState` 'Unknown' | 'Succeeded' | 'SoftDeleted': The provisioning state of a data asset.
      - `createdAt` string, date-time: The timestamp when the record was created.
      - `createdBy` string, uuid: Universally Unique Identifier
      - `lastModifiedAt` string, date-time: The timestamp when the record was last modified.
      - `lastModifiedBy` string, uuid: Universally Unique Identifier
      - `expiredAt` string, date-time: The timestamp when the record expires.
      - `expiredBy` string, uuid: Universally Unique Identifier
    - `description` string: The description of the domain.
    - `parentId` string, uuid, required: Universally Unique Identifier
    - `thumbnail` CatalogModelDomainAllOfThumbnail, required: Catalog model domain thumbnail properties.
      - `color` string: The color of the thumbnail.
    - `domains` CatalogModelPlatformDomain[], required: The list of platform domains.
      - `name` string: The name of the platform domain.
      - `friendlyName` string: The friendly name of the platform domain.
      - `relatedCollections` CatalogModelRelatedCollection[]: The related collections of the platform domain.
        - `name` string: The name of the related collection.
        - `friendlyName` string: The friendly name of the related collection.
        - `parentCollection` CatalogModelRelatedCollectionParentCollection: Catalog model related collection parent collection.
          - `type` 'CollectionReference': Related collection parent collection type enumeration.
          - `refName` string: The reference name of the parent collection.
    - `managedAttributes` CatalogModelManagedAttribute[], required: The managed attributes associated with the domain.
      - `name` string: The name of the managed attribute.
      - `value` string: The value of the attribute.
      - `isRequired` boolean: Whether this attribute is required.
  - `nextLink` string, uri: The link to the next page of items

## Other responses

- `default`: An unexpected error response.

## Changes

- **2026-07-13** (2025-09-15-preview) `4928fc2e3948`: 1 info
  - api operation id `EnumerateDomains` removed and replaced with `BusinessDomain_Enumerate`
- **2025-10-01** (2025-09-15-preview) `a588e84c8390`: 1 info
  - api operation id `BusinessDomain_Enumerate` removed and replaced with `EnumerateDomains`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/azure/apis/purviewdatagovernance-azure-analytics-purview-unifiedcatalog/changes/businessdomains/get.md)

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