Global Metadata
Global Metadata
is an abstraction layer to control and unite definition of specific metadata with same purpose. It allows the administrators to use already defined metadata marked as global and group all various content for different objects under one precise definition.
Global Metadata
can be created in 2 ways:
- Defined in the
Core
and used in theConnector
. - Promote existing
Connector
metadata toGlobal Metadata
.
warning
When a metadata from the connector is set as global
, it should be defined in the Core
. If not, then the value of the metadata will not be stored in the Core
.
Characteristics
The characteristics of Global Metadata
are:
Global Metadata
is not available for the user to create or update.- Any metadata from the connector can be made as
Global Metadata
by enabling the propertyglobal
in the attribute property configuration. - Name of the
Global Metadata
should match the name of the attribute in theConnector
. - If a
Global Metadata
is defined and not enabled in the connector, it will be stored as a connector metadata.
info
Global Metadata
is currently supported only in Core
through API interface.
info
To know more about how to work with Attributes
, see Using Attributes.