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Reporting on Common Metadata Assets

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:32 am
by ray.wurlod
Is there any easy and straightforward way to obtain a list of all common metadata assets in the Repository, ideally using a command line tool (but I'll tolerate a GUI if absolutely necessary, provided the results can be written to a file)?

Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:31 am
by eostic
you might want to experiment with istool and the -preview option.

Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 11:33 pm
by ray.wurlod
Is this an undocumented option?

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E:\IBM\InformationServer\Clients\istools\cli>istool -help
istool Command [ Command_Options ] [ Options ]

Possible values for: Command
    glossary export  : Export business glossary content
    glossary import  : Import business glossary content
    glossary bi2bg   : Building a glossary from BI
    glossary ldm2bg  : Building a glossary from LDM
    deletecm         : Delete command set
    query            : Query command set
    ODBAdmin countdb : countdb option is for counting the records from ODB.
    ODBAdmin purgedb : purgedb option is for deleting the records from ODB.
    -                : Provide usage information.
    help             : Provide command-line help information.
                     : Istool Console.
    export           : Export to a file.
    import           : Import from a file.
    build package    : Build a Deployment Package.
    deploy package   : Deploy a Deployment Package.
    send package     : Send package to a file
    delete           : Delete DataStage assets.
    workbench automated services : Runs the Metadata Workbench automated services
    import custom attribute values : Imports custom attribute values for existing Information Assets from a file
    workbench delete flows : Deletes flows for existing Information Assets from a file
    workbench import flows : Imports flows for existing Information Assets from a file
    workbench extension mapping delete : Deletes Metadata Workbench Extension Mappings
    workbench extension mapping import : Imports Metadata Workbench Extension Mappings
    workbench extension source delete : Deletes Metadata Workbench Extension Data Sources
    workbench extension source import : Imports Metadata Workbench Extension Sources
    workbench query  : Executes Metadata Workbench query

To list Command_Options, enter:  istool Command -help

Possible values for: Options
    Long Name:         Short Name:     Description:
    -help            ,  -h         : print command usage
    -verbose         ,  -v         : display progress
    -silent          ,  -s         : silence command output
    -script          ,  -script    : file to read commands from.

Exit codes:

      0 - Success
      1 - Warning
      2 - Partial failure
      3 - Error reading from console
      4 - Invalid command history index
      5 - Error reading from script file
     11 - Invalid command syntax

E:\IBM\InformationServer\Clients\istools\cli>

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 10:11 am
by eostic
:) it's an option for import or export....

try: istool import -help or istool export -help

Ernie