---
title: entity
framework: coredata
role: symbol
role_heading: Instance Property
path: coredata/nsfetchindexdescription/entity
---

# entity

The entity description for the fetch index description.

## Declaration

```swift
unowned(unsafe) var entity: NSEntityDescription? { get }
```

## See Also

### Inspecting an Index Description

- [elements](coredata/nsfetchindexdescription/elements.md)
- [name](coredata/nsfetchindexdescription/name.md)
- [partialIndexPredicate](coredata/nsfetchindexdescription/partialindexpredicate.md)