Metadata Manager User Guide

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Email

You can email metadata catalog objects and data lineage information. You cannot email business glossary objects.

When you send an email with metadata, you configure email properties.

The following table describes the properties that you configure when you send an email:

Property	Availability	Description
To	Metadata objects Data lineage analysis	Email address of recipients. Separate multiple email addresses with commas.
Cc	Metadata objects Data lineage analysis	Email address of recipients that you want to receive a courtesy copy of the email. Separate multiple email addresses with commas.
Subject	Metadata objects Data lineage analysis	Subject of the email. Default is the name of the object or "Lineage for <object name>."
From	Metadata objects Data lineage analysis	Sender email address. Metadata Manager populates this field with the email address in your user profile. If your user profile does not have an email address, Metadata Manager uses the default sender email address in imm.properties.
Attachments	Metadata objects Data lineage analysis	Additional files to attach to the email. Click Add files and select the files to add. You can include up to three attachments with a total size of 2 MB.
Select a file format	Metadata objects	Type of file to which you want to export the objects.
Select items to be included	Metadata objects	Objects to send in the email. Select one of the following options: Selected item. Send email with the object you selected. Select item and its subitems. Send email with the object you selected and its child objects.
Select information to be included with each item	Metadata objects	Information to include in the email for each object.
Message text	Metadata objects Data lineage analysis	Optional message text to include in the email.