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Database Model

Pimcore tries to keep a clean and optimized database model for managing the data. Nevertheless, there are quite a lot of tables around and finding the correct data might be a bit challenging at the beginning.

Basically, there are two types of tables

  • Default tables with are created during install - for all sorts of data like assets, documents logs, versions, ...
  • Dynamically created tables during object data model configuration - mainly for all object related data.

Default Tables

These tables are created during Pimcore install and are always the same.

Table Description
application_logs Contains all application logs. For more information see Application Logger. Additionally, there might be application_logs_archive* tables for old logging entries.
assets Assets (Images, etc.), with system metadata
assets_metadata Additional user metadata (Metadata tab in the asset panel)
classes List of all object classes with ID and name. Everything else is stored in PHP configuration files.
classificationstore_collectionrelations Relation Collection - Group for Classification Store
classificationstore_collections Collections of Classification Store
classificationstore_groups Groups of Classification Store
classificationstore_keys Keys of Classification Store
classificationstore_relations Relation Group - Key for Classification Store
classificationstore_stores Stores of Classification Store
custom_layouts Definition of the custom layouts for object classes
dependencies Stores dependencies between elements such as objects, assets, documents
documents List of all documents, folders, links, hardlinks, emails and snippets of the document area with meta- and config-data, relations
documents_editables Editables of documents (data), in a serialized form
documents_email Extra config data
documents_hardlink Extra config data
documents_link Extra config data
documents_newsletter Extra config data
documents_page Extra config data
documents_printpage Extra config data
documents_snippet Extra config data
documents_translations Relation between same documents for different languages
edit_lock Tracks which user opened which resource in the backend
element_workflow_state Keeps track of workflow state for all elements
email_blacklist Blacklist for eMail-addresses
email_log Log for sent emails
glossary Words to auto-link in texts. See Glossary
http_error_log HTTP error log
locks Store for Locking functionality
notes Notes for elements
notes_data Additional data for notes
objects List of all objects with metadata like id, class name, path, parent, ...
object_url_slugs URL Slug data
properties Data from the properties tab
quantityvalue_units Available quantities for quantity value object data type
recyclebin Stores metadata of deleted elements
redirects Stores redirects
schedule_tasks Stores scheduled tasks
search_backend_data Stores the index for the backend search - is a InnoDb Table with fulltext capabilities
sites Stores sites
tags Stores available tags
tags_assignment Stores assignment of tags to elements
tmp_store Pimcore internal tmp store
tracking_events
translations_admin Backend translations
translations_messages Frontend translations
tree_locks Locks in the tree of Pimcore backend interface
users Backend users
users_permission_definitions List of globally assignable user permissions
users_workspaces_asset Stores user access permissions for asset folder
users_workspaces_document Stores user access permissions for document folders
users_workspaces_object Stores user access permissions for object folders
uuids stores Unique Identifiers - if enabled
versions List of object/asset/document versions. Actual data is serialized and written to disk

Object Tables

These tables are created and modified dynamically during the configuration of the object data model. As a result, they look different on an every Pimcore installation depending on the data model.

Objects

As soon as a new object class is created in Pimcore, at least three tables are added to the database. The tables have a numerical suffix, denoting the number (id) of the object class: object_query_(id), object_relations_(id), object_store_(id) and an additional database view object_(id) which is a combination of object_query_(id) and objects.

Table / View Description
object_(id) View Database view joining object_store_(id) and objects table
object_query_(id) Table Use this table to retrieve data incl. inherited data. Data types with relations are usually stored in a serialized form here, too. Pimcore Object-Lists work with this table.
object_relations_(id) Table Contains data of fields with relations to objects, assets, etc.
object_store_(id) Table This is the main data storage table of an object class. It contains all "flat" data without any relations or external dependencies.
objects Table Contains an entry for each and every object in the system. The id field is an auto_increment and the source of the primary key for an object. Metadata about an object is stored in this table, too.

When restore of query tables is necessary (for what ever reason) calling DataObject\Concrete::disableDirtyDetection(); and saving all data objects of class will do the trick. When not disabling dirty detection, there might be data missing in query table.

Simple Data Field Types

Following is an overview of how different object data types are stored in the database. This overview might not be complete. This overview might be a useful starting point when querying object data with object lists.

Text

Table: object_store_(id)

Name Data Type Default Comment
Input varchar(255) NULL /
Textarea longtext NULL /
wysiwyg longtext NULL Text with HTML-tags
password varchar(255) NULL Password - as hash
Number

Table: object_store_(id)

Name Data Type Default Comment
Number double/decimal(64,3) NULL Datatype depends on selected precision
Slider double NULL /
Date

Table: object_store_(id)

Name Data Type Default Comment
Date bigint(20) NULL < 1970 = negative Timestamp
Date & Time bigint(20) NULL < 1970 = negative Timestamp
Time varchar(5) NULL String - e.g.: "12:00"
Select

Table: object_store_(id)

Name Data Type Default Comment
Select varchar(255) NULL Selected value
User varchar(255) NULL Pimcore User-ID
Country varchar(255) NULL Country code
Language varchar(255) NULL Language code
Multiselection text NULL String, selected values, separated by ","
Countries (Multiselect) text NULL String, selected language-codes, separated by ","
Languages (Multiselect) text NULL String, selected language-codes, separated by ","
Relations

Table: object_relations_(id) & object_meta_data_(id)

  • Data fields of relation types are stored in extra tables
  • Data fields are not stored in distinct columns, but as rows, whereas the field name is in an extra column fieldname
  • The column type specifies the type of the linked resource (Object, Document, Asset)
  • The columns src_id and dest_id define the relation / the link between the objects.
  • Column index is used to specify the order of the relations
  • Columns ownertype, ownername and position are used when relations are within field collections, localized fields, object bricks, etc.
  • The data type Advanced Many-To-One Object Relation stores the extra data in a table object_meta_data_(id) - the column column specifies the name of the meta item and data stores the value
Structured
Name Comment
Table Table data is stored as a string - serialized.
Structured Table Each table cell is stored distinctively; schema: (fieldname)__(row key)#(column key)
Field-Collections see special data fields later
Objectbricks see special data fields later
Localized Fields see special data fields later
Geographic

Table: object_store_(id)

Name Data Type Default Comment
Geographic Point double NULL Creates two columns: ‘(name)__longitude’ and ‘(name)__latitude’
Geographic Bounds double NULL Creates four columns: ‘(name)__NElongitude’, ‘(name)__NElatitude’, ‘(name)__SWlongitude’ und ‘(name)__SWlatitude’
Geographic Polygon longtext NULL Serialized geo-data
Other
Name Data Type Default Comment
Image int(11) NULL ID of the image asset
Image Advanced int(11), text NULL Creates a column (name)__image(int) for the image assets id and the column (name)__hotspots(text). Hotspots are stored serialized.
Video text NULL Serialized data
Checkbox tinyint(1) NULL Boolean value (1 = true)
Link text NULL Serialized data

Special Data Fields

Objectbricks
Table/View Purpose
object_brick_query_(id) Table Analog to object_query_(id)
object_brick_store_(id) Table Main data storage
Localized fields
Table/View Purpose
object_localized_(id)_(language-code) View A database view per language, combining regular and localized data fields
object_localized_data_(id) Table Stores localized field data
object_localized_query_(id)_(language-code) Table Analog to object_query_(id)
Field Collections
Table/View Purpose
object_collection_(collection-name)_(object-id) Stores data of the field collections fields and the order (index)