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Create a Metadata Class

  1. Click the Add button in your Metadata Editor.

    Add button highlighted in the metadata editor window

  2. Type in an ID for the new metadata type and click Create Type.

  3. Select a data format using the type dropdown list in your Metadata Editor.
    If the type of your data is undeclared or not understood, the type default to application/java, and a warning is logged.

Depending on the selected option, there are different ways to define the data structure. With some formats, the structure can be inferred from an example, others require a schema. For some schemas, a built-in editor UI is available.

Format Sample Schema Editor

JSON

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X

XML

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X

Java

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X

CSV

X

X

Fixed Width

X

X

Copybook

X

X

Flat File

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Simple

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Excel

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