Metadata Manager connects to the OBIEE Presentation Server to extract the report metadata. The OBIEE user account for which you provide the user name and password must have read permission on the metadata that Metadata Manager extracts from OBIEE. The metadata includes subject areas, report folders, and reports.
Metadata Manager extracts the schema metadata from the UDML or XML file. The OBIEE user account does not require permissions on the schema metadata. The OBIEE utility program extracts all schema metadata from the RPD file and writes the metadata to the UDML or XML file. Metadata Manager extracts all metadata from the UDML or XML file.