What Are the DATA Step Functions for Reading and Writing Metadata?

These DATA step functions enable an administrator to set or return information about attributes, associations, and properties from metadata objects.

Metadata DATA Step Functions for Reading and Writing Metadata

Name	Description
METADATA_DELASSN Function	Deletes all objects that make up the specified association
METADATA_DELOBJ	Deletes the first object that matches the specified URI
METADATA_GETATTR Function	Returns the value of the specified attribute for specified object
METADATA_GETNASL Function	Returns the nth association of the specified object
METADATA_GETNASN Function	Returns the nth associated object of the specified association
METADATA_GETNATR Function	Returns the nth attribute on the object specified by the URI
METADATA_GETNOBJ Function	Returns the nth object that matches the specified URI
METADATA_GETNPRP Function	Returns the nth property of the specified object
METADATA_GETNTYP Function	Returns the nth object type on the metadata server
METADATA_GETPROP Function	Returns the specified property of the specified object
METADATA_NEWOBJ Function	Creates a new metadata object
METADATA_PATHOBJ Function	Returns the Id and Type attributes of the specified folder object
METADATA_PAUSED Function	Determines whether the metadata server is paused
METADATA_PURGE Function	Purges the specified URI
METADATA_RESOLVE Function	Resolves a URI into an object on the metadata server
METADATA_SETASSN Function	Modifies an association list for an object
METADATA_SETATTR Function	Sets the specified attribute for the specified object
METADATA_SETPROP Function	Sets the specified property for the specified object
METADATA_VERSION Function	Returns the metadata server model version number