Metadata Manager contains models that define the classes, attributes, and relationships for different types of metadata sources. Metadata Manager packages models for many application, business glossary, business intelligence, data integration, data modeling, and relational metadata sources. You can create custom models for metadata source types for which Metadata Manager does not package a model.

You create resources based on the models. Each resource represents a particular metadata source. Metadata Manager uses PowerCenter® workflows to extract metadata from a metadata source and load it into a centralized metadata warehouse called the Metadata Manager warehouse. After you load the metadata for a resource into the Metadata Manager warehouse, you can use Metadata Manager to browse and analyze the metadata for the resource.

Use Metadata Manager to complete the following tasks: