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  1. Preface
  2. Using Metadata Manager
  3. Configuring Metadata Manager
  4. Application Resources
  5. Business Glossary Resources
  6. Business Intelligence Resources
  7. Custom Resources
  8. Data Integration Resources
  9. Data Modeling Resources
  10. Database Management Resources
  11. Universal Resources
  12. Managing Resources
  13. Loading and Monitoring Resources
  14. Managing Permissions
  15. Resource Migration
  16. Repository Migration
  17. Appendix A: Metadata Manager Login
  18. Appendix B: Metadata Manager Properties Files
  19. Appendix C: Resource Configuration Files
  20. Appendix D: Glossary

Metadata Manager Administrator Guide

Metadata Manager Administrator Guide

Metadata Exchanges

Metadata Exchanges

Metadata Manager uses Metadata Exchanges to extract source metadata and load it into the Metadata Manager warehouse.
Each Metadata Exchange contains the following components:
  • IME-based transformation component.
    The PowerCenter workflows require the source metadata to be in a particular format. Metadata Manager packages a transformation process for each Metadata Exchange to transform the source metadata based on the required IME format. The transformation process stores the transformed metadata in files or database views that are prefixed with IME. The files are called
    IME files
    and the views are called
    IME views
    .
  • Load component.
    The load component consists of PowerCenter workflows that extract the source metadata in the required IME format and load it into the Metadata Manager warehouse. The PowerCenter repository contains all the PowerCenter workflows required to extract, transform, and load the source metadata.
When you load source metadata into the Metadata Manager warehouse, Metadata Manager performs the IME-based transformation on the source metadata. Metadata Manager then issues a command to the PowerCenter Integration Service to run the applicable workflows. The workflows load the IME-formatted source metadata into the Metadata Manager warehouse.
Metadata Manager provides Metadata Exchanges that are configured to extract metadata from particular types of metadata sources.
You can develop custom resources to load metadata from a metadata source for which Metadata Manager does not package a resource type. For example, Metadata Manager does not provide a resource type for Microsoft Access databases. To extract metadata from an Access database, you must create a custom model and resource.

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