A custom entity comprises a group of fields.

See About entities.

In Control Compliance Suite, entities are defined for a platform and contain fields that comprise the entity. You can define a custom entity only through an entity schema in Control Compliance Suite. An entity schema is a set of XML definitions that is interpreted by the infrastructure to drive the data collectors for data collection. You can configure only a CSV data collector for collecting data that is defined for the custom entity. The data of the custom entity is defined in a CSV file, which must be located in a network share for data collection.

The entity schema can be created using the Create new entity schema tool of the Schema Manager. The Schema Manager can be accessed through the Settings > Schema Manager option of the console.

A custom entity must have unique identifiers known as primary keys, which are defined in the entity schema. Control Compliance Suite lets you extend an already created custom entity through the Extend entity schema tool of the Schema Manager.