# Discriminator Property

## Overloads

| [Discriminator](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.LineageInfo.Discriminator.htm#Qlik_Engine_LineageInfo_Discriminator) |  | A string indicating the origin of the data:<br><br>\* [filename]: the data comes from a local file.<br><br>\* INLINE: the data is entered inline in the load script.<br><br>\* RESIDENT: the data comes from a resident table. The table name is listed.<br><br>\* AUTOGENERATE: the data is generated from the load script (no external table of data source).<br><br>\* Provider: the data comes from a data connection. The connector source name is listed.<br><br>\* [webfile]: the data comes from a web-based file.<br><br>\* STORE: path to QVD or TXT file where data is stored.<br><br>\* EXTENSION: the data comes from a Server Side Extension (SSE).<br><br>JSON property name: qDiscriminator |
| --- | --- | --- |

[](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.LineageInfo.Discriminator.htm) [](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.LineageInfo.Discriminator.htm)

## Discriminator

A string indicating the origin of the data:

* [filename]: the data comes from a local file.
* INLINE: the data is entered inline in the load script.
* RESIDENT: the data comes from a resident table. The table name is listed.
* AUTOGENERATE: the data is generated from the load script (no external table of data source).
* Provider: the data comes from a data connection. The connector source name is listed.
* [webfile]: the data comes from a web-based file.
* STORE: path to QVD or TXT file where data is stored.
* EXTENSION: the data comes from a Server Side Extension (SSE).

JSON property name: qDiscriminator

### Declaration

```

          public string Discriminator { get; set; }
    
  
```

### Property Value

| Type | Description |
| --- | --- |
| System.String |  |

### Implements

[ILineageInfo.Discriminator](https://help.qlik.com/en-US/sense-developer/November2025/Subsystems/NetSDKAPIref/Content/Qlik.Engine.ILineageInfo.Discriminator.htm#Qlik_Engine_ILineageInfo_Discriminator)