COM Libraries

Teradata Meta Data Services Programmer Guide

Product

Teradata Meta Data Services

Release Number

15.00

Language

English (United States)

Last Update

2018-09-28

Product Category

Teradata Tools and Utilities

The C++ class library provides access to the repository only for C++ programs. The COM libraries supplement the C++ classes by providing access to the repository using Visual Basic, J++, and scripting languages such as VBScript and JScript.

The following is a summary of the COM classes available in the MetaCOM library. These interfaces are described in detail in Chapter 14: “MetaCOMExport Library.”

Table 2: COM Classes
Type	Class Name	Functions
Create and maintain objects and collections	MetaActive Class	Connect to MDS Manage transactions Get object identifiers Create, read and maintain user-defined objects and collections
	MetaInfo Class	Get and set the properties of objects
	MetaPropertyItem Class	Get and set the value of a property
	MetaFilter Class	Set the search attributes of the filter for use in these functions: GetClassObjectsByProperty GetClassObjectsByRange GetCollectionsByProperty
	MetaInfoKey Class	Get and set object keys
	MetaDIMInfo Class	Get the values of the DIM common properties when reading DIM objects
	MetaHelper Class	API assist functions
Managing collection lists	MetaInfoList	Manage a list of IMetaInfo objects
	MetaInfoKeyList	Manage a list of IMetaInfoKey objects
	MetaPropertyItemList	Manage a list of IMetaPropertyItem objects
	MetaFilterList	Manage a list of IMetaFilter objects
	MetaPropertyInfoList	Manage a list of IMetaPropertyInfo objects
	MetaRelationshipInfoList	Manage a list of IMetaRelationshipInfo objects
	MetaClassInfoList	Manage a list of IMetaClassInfo objects
	MetaModelInfoList	Manage a list of IMetaModelInfo objects
	MetaUserInfoList	Manage a list of IMetaUserInfo objects
	MetaGroupInfoList	Manage a list of IMetaGroupInfo objects
	MetaSecProfInfoList	Manage a list of IMetaSecProInfo objects
Create and maintain AIMs	MetaModelInfo Class	Create and manage AIMs Create IMetaUserInfo and IMetaRelationshipInfo objects
	MetaClassInfo Class	Manage used descriptions Create IMetaPropertyInfo objects associated with the class
	MetaPropertyInfo Class	Manage property descriptions
	MetaRelationshipInfo Class	Manage relationship descriptions
Create and maintain users, application groups, and security profiles	MetaGroupInfo Class	Define groups of users who have access to objects in the MDS repository.
	MetaUserInfo Class	Create users Change passwords
	MetaSecProfInfo Class	Manage security profiles