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# sys.pdw_health_component_properties (Transact-SQL)
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Stores properties that describe a device. Some properties show device status and some properties describe the device itself.
|Column Name|Data Type|Description|Range|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------|
|property_id|**int**|Unique identifier of the property of a component.
property_id and component_id form the key for this view.|NOT NULL|
|component_id|**int**|The ID of the component. See [sys.pdw_health_components (Transact-SQL)](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sys-pdw-health-components-transact-sql.md).
property_id and component_id form the key for this view.|NOT NULL|
|property_name|**nvarchar(255)**|Name of the property.|NOT NULL|
|physical_name|**nvarchar(32)**|Property name as defined by the manufacturer.|NOT NULL|
|is_key|**bit**|Determines whether the device instance is unique or not unique.|NOT NULL
0 - Device instance is unique.
1 - Device instance is not unique.|
## See Also
[SQL Data Warehouse and Parallel Data Warehouse Catalog Views](../../relational-databases/system-catalog-views/sql-data-warehouse-and-parallel-data-warehouse-catalog-views.md)