---
title: Origin
slug: '219'
canonical_url: https://docs.coveo.com/en/219/
collection: glossary
source_format: adoc
---
# Origin
An {doctitle} identifies a stage (such as `crawling` or `preconversion`) during which specific [item](https://docs.coveo.com/en/210/) attributes (such as [metadata](https://docs.coveo.com/en/218/) or [data streams](https://docs.coveo.com/en/2891/)) can be set or modified.

Don't confuse this with [origin level 1](https://docs.coveo.com/en/1337/), a [Coveo Analytics event](https://docs.coveo.com/en/260/) [metadata](https://docs.coveo.com/en/218/) value.