PowerCenter Metadata Exchange (MX) provides a set of relational views that allow easy SQL access to the PowerCenter metadata repository. The Repository Manager generates these views when you create or upgrade a repository.
The PowerCenter repository tables have an open architecture. Although you can view the repository tables, Informatica strongly advises against altering the tables or data within the tables. Informatica is not responsible for corrupted data that is caused by customer alteration of the repository tables or data within those tables. Therefore, do not directly access the actual repository tables. Instead, use MX to access the repository.