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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