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Discovering the Available Metadata

This chapter explains the procedure for discovering the metadata in a data store through the OLAP API.

This chapter includes the following topics:

• Overview of the Procedure for Discovering Metadata
• Creating an MdmMetadataProvider
• Getting the Root MdmSchema
• Getting the Contents of the Root MdmSchema
• Getting the Characteristics of Metadata Objects
• Getting the Source for a Metadata Object
• Sample Code for Discovering Metadata