Windows executable program or service that Metadata Manager uses to access metadata sources and extract source metadata for data modeling, business intelligence, and JDBC source types.

The Metadata Manager Agent must run on the same machine as the client of the metadata source. Based on the metadata source client location, you can use the Metadata Manager Agent located on the Metadata Manager application machine, or you can install the agent on another machine. During Metadata Exchange, a remote Metadata Manager Agent uses the TCP/IP network protocol to communicate with the Metadata Manager application.