Editing Development Component Metadata 

Purpose

Besides the files that contain the source code or archive state, there is other information about basic attributes of the component (such as its name, description or component type) or information about the relations to other components. We call this information the DC metadata.

For more information, see Development Components - Concepts.

In the local file system, the metadata is stored in the .dcdef file in the _comp subfolder. For more information, see Folder Structure of a Component.

Process Flow

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       1.      To change metadata, select the perspective that is appropriate for the component type.

       2.      Expand the node of the DC.

       3.      Under DC MetaData, you can maintain the following metadata:

○     DC Definition

■      Access control list. See Changing the Access Control List.

■      Child DCs. See Changing Child DCs.

■      Contained folders. See Changing Contained Folders.

■      Contained package names. See Changing Contained Package Names.

■      Used DCs. See Changing Used DCs.

○     Public Parts

■      <public part>. See Changing Public Parts.

○      Access List

○      Entities. See Changing Public Part Entities.

○      Entity References. See Changing Public Part Entities.

       4.      You must add changes to the metadata to an activity.

       5.      To make the changes available in the repository, check in the activity.