Within every Metadata Repository, there exists a designated folder for model objects, as outlined in the Understand the Project Metadata Repository content section.
This folder is structured to hold individual subfolders, each representing a Model Object Layer.
Within these Model Object Layer folders, you will find YAML files corresponding to each Model Object. Each file contains all the metadata for a Model Object.
Model object file details
After a model object has been created, the file should look like the following:
id: 0d669076-d240-4601-b2db-2b85f43b469c
name: Customer_Satellite
description: Generated Model Object from Customer
modelObjectTypeId: 3b97992a-73f0-451d-871f-e587ec71a216
terms:
.....................................
- id: 3b8286f7-0d15-4c0c-b5bf-c4826f2d36e9
name: PersonID
dataType:
platformDataTypeId: 9d8d167b-ffbb-4498-8721-de74c859dad5
isIdentity: false
isBusinessKey: false
isForeignKey: false
isNullable: true
hiddenInSource: false
hiddenInTarget: false
- id: '20ae54cb-2c63-44ff-b377-7f8068e422b6'
name: 'BG_LoadTimestamp'
description: 'Default term with the load timestamp'
dataType:
platformDataTypeId: '88718695-75e5-413d-a8e9-fa27fe064353'
defaultTermId: '3fdfd83b-00b6-47e7-b139-9b25993626ac'
isIdentity: false
isBusinessKey: false
isForeignKey: false
isNullable: false
hiddenInSource: false
hiddenInTarget: true
isDefaultTerm: true
.....................................
- id: 0da3c987-2016-4a93-8234-d0637da8a5aa
name: FK_HUB_Stage_Sales.Customer_AccountNumber
isForeignKey: true
dataType:
platformDataTypeId: 9245c3e9-05f8-4e48-962c-e1b3c49bc239
length: 10
isIdentity: false
isBusinessKey: false
isForeignKey: true
isNullable: true
hiddenInSource: true
hiddenInTarget: false
isBusinessKeyForeignKey: true
.....................................
dataflows:
- id: 84264777-8c4a-4ca9-bfc6-f3ee933c2508
name: Dataflow1
dataflowSets:
- id: 66d42c43-1f81-42c0-bcc0-0e1d54ba83b9
name: Set1
termMappings:
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- termId: 579bea2f-ded9-49a4-9d8e-74ad2970d52d
expression: >-
0c89df67-7964-47bf-a783-22755a9dd3e1.7a691f80-c302-4e02-8749-7b4ad11f8bf5
- termId: 7e04553e-d3f3-4deb-9bfb-a0ff80dc1853
expression: >-
0c89df67-7964-47bf-a783-22755a9dd3e1.4bb1e56b-4b7e-4145-85a8-ff4839750592
.....................................
dataflowModelObjects:
- id: 0c89df67-7964-47bf-a783-22755a9dd3e1
sourceModelObjectId: a81972ef-4412-4de1-9731-9d30f2d2f333
alias: Stage_Sales.Customer
relationships:
- id: 95ac1fe8-ba17-41e1-95e3-9ade90dfe310
referencedModelObjectId: c2963eb6-43d6-405c-ac32-0efe881572e9
role: HUB_Stage_Sales.Customer
missingBusinessKeyBehavior: none
relationshipTerms:
- termId: 0da3c987-2016-4a93-8234-d0637da8a5aa
referenceTermId: 6be426a0-2c79-4a30-a735-abfcb15900d9
propertyValues:
- propertyId: 713ec758-07f0-4d05-8b91-5d3427261f76
value: Partition
- propertyId: a57fa4ce-3f1f-4542-85e0-27c0c5dc9b3f
value: PersonID
tags:
- $view#id#fa8aa022-70bc-410d-a141-25f6505c9f38
The different nodes contain:
role
| Node name | Node description | Node value example |
| id | Model Object's internal id (GUID format) | 0d669076-d240-4601-b2db-2b85f43b469c |
| name | Model Object's name | SAT_Stage_Sales.Customer |
| description | Model Object's description | Generated Model Object from Stage_Sales.Customer |
| modelObjectTypeId | Model Object Layer's id (GUID format) | 3b97992a-73f0-451d-871f-e587ec71a216 |
| terms | List of Model Object's terms | - |
| terms > id | Term's internal ID (GUID format) | 3b8286f7-0d15-4c0c-b5bf-c4826f2d36e9 |
| terms > name | Term's name | PersonID |
| terms > dataType > platformDataTypeId | Datatype's internal ID (GUID format) | 9d8d167b-ffbb-4498-8721-de74c859dad5 |
| terms > dataType > length | Datatype's length (if relevant) | 20 |
| terms > defaultTermId | Default term's internal ID (if relevant) |
3fdfd83b-00b6-47e7-b139-9b25993626ac
|
| terms > isIdentity | True if the Term is defined as an identity | false |
| terms > isBusinessKey | True if the Term is defined as a Business Key | false |
| terms > isForeignKey | True if the Term is defined as a Foreign Key | false |
| terms > isNullable | True if the Term is nullable | true |
| terms > hiddenInSource | True if the Term is defined as hidden in the source | false |
| terms > hiddenInTarget | True if the Term is defined as hidden in the target | false |
| terms > isDefaultTerm | True if the Term is a default term | true |
| terms > isBusinessKeyForeignKey | True if the term comes from a Relationship | true |
| terms >
isIdentityForeignKey
|
True if the term comes from a Relationship and is set as an identity term | true |
| dataflows | List of Model Object's terms | - |
| dataflows > id | Dataflow's id (GUID format) | 84264777-8c4a-4ca9-bfc6-f3ee933c2508 |
| dataflows > name | Dataflow's name | Dataflow1 |
| dataflows > dataflowSets | List of Dataflow Sets in the Dataflow | - |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > id | Dataflow Set's ID (GUID format) | 66d42c43-1f81-42c0-bcc0-0e1d54ba83b9 |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > name | Dataflow Set's name | Set1 |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > termMappings | List of Term mappings in the Dataflow Set | - |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > termMappings > termId | Term concerned by the mapping (GUID of the Term) | 579bea2f-ded9-49a4-9d8e-74ad2970d52d |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > termMappings > expression | Expression of the mapping (the GUID of source and target terms are used) | >- 0c89df67-7964-47bf-a783-22755a9dd3e1.7a691f80-c302-4e02-8749-7b4ad11f8bf5 |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > dataflowModelObjects | List of Model Objects used in the DataFlow | - |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > dataflowModelObjects > id | Dataflow Model Object's ID (GUID format) | 0c89df67-7964-47bf-a783-22755a9dd3e1 |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > dataflowModelObjects > sourceModelObjectId | Dataflow Model Object Source id (GUID format) | a81972ef-4412-4de1-9731-9d30f2d2f333 |
| dataflows > dataflowSets > dataflowModelObjects > alias | Dataflow Model Object's alias | Stage_Sales.Customer |
| relationships | List of Relationships | - |
| relationships > id | Relationship ID (GUID format) | 95ac1fe8-ba17-41e1-95e3-9ade90dfe310 |
| relationships > referencedModelObjectId | Relationship's source Model Object | c2963eb6-43d6-405c-ac32-0efe881572e9 |
| relationships > role | Relationship's role name | HUB_Stage_Sales.Customer |
| relationships > missingBusinessKeyBehavior | Defines the behavior in case of missing BK | none |
| relationships > relationshipTerms | List of Terms involved in the relationship | - |
| relationships > relationshipTerms > termId | Target term in the relation | 0da3c987-2016-4a93-8234-d0637da8a5aa |
| relationships > relationshipTerms > referenceTermId | Source Term in the relation | 6be426a0-2c79-4a30-a735-abfcb15900d9 |
| propertyValues | List of Model Object's Property values | - |
| propertyValues > propertyId | Property's id (GUID format) | 713ec758-07f0-4d05-8b91-5d3427261f76 |
| propertyValues > value | Property's value | Partition |