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Edit Metadata

You can edit the metadata for a project.

Important! Use the metadata editor at your own risk. Removing or altering important objects in the metadata can render it inoperable.

Follow these steps:

1. Open an existing project.
2. In the Provisioning Servers tree, right-click the endpoint type you want to edit the metadata for, then click Edit Metadata.

   The Edit Metadata for Endpoint Type dialog appears and displays the metadata in an XML tree.

3. Edit the metadata as required, then click Save.

   Connector Xpress redeploys the metadata.

Example: How an Administrator Modifies Metadata Manually

In this example, an administrator wants to change the display name mapping from last name to first name by manually modifying the metadata without using the mapping tree. The administrator:

1. Opens the dyn_jdbc_namespace.con project file.
2. Right-clicks the dyn_jdbc_namespace.con endpoint, then selects Edit Metadata.
3. Expands the dyn_jdbc_namespace node, and navigates to Classes, eTDYNAccount, Properties, eTDYN-str-01 in the Metadata Editor.
4. Modifies the displayName attribute from Last name to First name.
5. Modifies the beanPropertyName attribute from lastName to firstName.
6. Redeploys the modified metadata.
7. hecks that the changes have been made successfully by validating them in the Provisioning Manager.

More information:

Projects

Edit Metadata for Endpoint Type Dialog

Enumerated Values

For static enumerations, defining a new type involves:

• Creating a new unique type name
• Constructing a list of known values, each consisting of an internal value, and an optional display value

Note: Naming your new enum type int or integer does not cause any problems, however it can make maintenance of the metadata more difficult.

For query-based enumerations, define:

• A mapping to an unmanaged class
• The attributes the objects of that class have available for querying
• An association between a managed class and unmanaged class, through an appropriately chosen attribute in the former class

Metadata and Operations Bindings Editors Considerations

Important! You can use the Metadata editor to verify that the mappings you have made, however we recommend that you use the Metadata editor at your own risk. Removing or altering important objects in the metadata can render it inoperable.