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Commands of Metadata API

Some standard commands can be found here.

Command

What it does

Parameter

Command

What it does

Parameter

extract-objects

(Default Verb) Loads object general details and lineage on the Entity level

-d, --entity-details Load entity details
--dq <true/false> (Default: false) Load additional information (for example, count the number of entries in Embedded Analytics tables).

If you use the --dq option with a HANA connection you have to pay attention that the “Select count” command isn’t client-dependent in comparison to a RFC connection.

-i, --info-area Load info areas tree structure. (available since v1.6.1)
-a, --all-versions INTERNAL: Get all object versions. By default, only version A is loaded
-c, --count-only INTERNAL: Just count the needed SAP table data rows, without computing the relations.
-f, --format Choose between GraphML (g), UML (u) and standard XML (s) format. By default, the export is done using the GraphML format. [INTERNAL] Use JSON (j) format for generating specific content for relations, to use in Data Vizualization
-s, --bw-sid Required. [BW DataLineage] Select a BW SID based on the configuration file entries

obsolete since version 1.2.5

-h, --hana-schema Required. Select a HANA schema based on the configuration file entries

-b, --hana-db Required. [HANA DataLineage] Select a HANA database based on the configuration file entries
-u, --sac-url Required. [SAC DataLineage] Select a SAC Url based on the configuration file entries
--dsp-url Required. [Datasphere DataLineage] Select a Datasphere Url based on the configuration file entries
-p, --path Set the export path. The default one is set in the configuration file, or it's 'Export' folder, otherwise
--bw <true/false> (Default: true) Extract BW Data
--embedded-analytics <true/false> (Default: false) Extract Embedded Analytics Data (CDS and DDIC artifacts)
-f, --format (Default: g) Choose between GraphML (g), UML (u) and standard XML (s) format. By default, the export is done using the GraphML format. [INTERNAL] Use JSON (j) format for generating specific content for relations, to use in Data Vizualization

extract-fields

Loads objects buildup and lineage on the Field/InfoObject level

-c, --code-scan <true/false> (Default: false) Load code scan details (since version 1.3.0)
-d, --descriptions Load buildup items descriptions
--mb <true/false> (Default: true) Extract mappings and buildups
-s, --bw-sid Required. [BW DataLineage] Select a BW SID based on the configuration file entries

obsolete since version 1.2.5

-h, --hana-schema Required. Select a HANA schema based on the configuration file entries

-b, --hana-db Required. [HANA DataLineage] Select a HANA database based on the configuration file entries
-u, --sac-url [NO FIELD LEVEL FOR SAC CONNECTOR] Required. [SAC DataLineage] Select a SAC Url based on the configuration file entries
--dsp-url Required. [Datasphere DataLineage] Select a Datasphere Url based on the configuration file entries
-p, --path Set the export path. The default one is set in the configuration file, or it's 'Export' folder, otherwise
--bw <true/false> (Default: true) Extract BW Data
--embedded-analytics <true/false> (Default: false) Extract Embedded Analytics Data (CDS and DDIC artifacts)

extract-all

Extracts both object and field details

--dq <true/false> (Default: false) Load additional information (for example, count the number of entries in Embedded Analytics tables).

-f, --format Choose between GraphML (g), UML (u) and standard XML (s) format. By default, the export is done using the GraphML format. [INTERNAL] Use JSON (j) format for generating specific content for relations, to use in Data Vizualization
-o, --only-objects INTERNAL: Limit data loading to object level when dataspot is running
-i, --info-area Load info areas tree structure. (available since v1.6.1)
-s, --bw-sid Required. [BW DataLineage] Select a BW SID based on the configuration file entries

-b, --hana-db Required. [HANA DataLineage] Select a HANA database based on the configuration file entries
-u, --sac-url Required. [SAC DataLineage] Select a SAC Url based on the configuration file entries
-p, --path Set the export path. The default one is set in the configuration file, or it's 'Export' folder, otherwise
--abap-relations <true/false> Load ABAP relations, if licensed
--bw <true/false> (Default: true) Extract BW Data
--embedded-analytics <true/false> (Default: false) Extract Embedded Analytics Data (CDS and DDIC artifacts)

upload

Extract both object and field details and upload

-s, --bw-sid Required. [BW DataLineage] Select a BW SID based on the configuration file entries

insert-license

Inserts license key

-l, --lic Required. License Key

show-license

Displays license info

 

set-password

Sets an encrypted password for a system added in the configuration file

-s, --bw-sid [BW DataLineage] Select a BW SID based on the configuration file entries

-b, --hana-db [HANA DataLineage] Select a HANA database based on the configuration file entries

-p, --password Required. Connection password

help

Displays more information on a specific command

 

version

Displays version information

 

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