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  1. Preface
  2. Introduction to Business Entity Services
  3. EJB Business Entity Service Calls
  4. REST Business Entity Service Calls
  5. REST APIs for Data Director
  6. SOAP Business Entity Service Calls
  7. Cross-reference Records and BVT Calculations Services
  8. Supporting Corporate Linkage Service
  9. External Calls to Cleanse, Analyze, and Transform Data
  10. Appendix A: Using REST APIs to Add Records
  11. Appendix B: Using REST APIs to Upload Files
  12. Appendix C: Using REST APIs to Manage Reports

Business Entity Services Guide

Business Entity Services Guide

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Get Metadata

Get Metadata

The Get Metadata REST API returns the data structure of a business entity or a business entity relationship.
The API uses the GET method to return the following metadata of a business entity:
  • Structure of the business entity
  • List of fields
  • Field types such as the data type and size
  • Security settings for operations, such as create, update, and merge
  • Localized labels for nodes or fields
  • Name of the code and display fields for lookup fields
  • Default values for fields and lookup fields
    Multiple default values are not supported with dependent lookup fields.
The API returns the following details of a business entity relationship:
  • Name of the relationship and its label.
  • From and To business entities.
  • Direction of the relationship.
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