Synchronization of Metadata

Application event system metadata can come from three primary sources:

• The Infor system framework (Mongoose)
• Applications produced by Infor, Infor’s business partners, or other authorized vendor developers
• End-customer development

The ownership for the metadata from each of these sources is controlled by the Access As identifier.

Any of these sources can upgrade and reissue their metadata at times independent of the others. The upgrade process must:

• Update any changed handlers that they own
• Insert any new handlers they might have created since the last version
• Maintain other owners’ handlers and the relationships between them

Therefore, a synchronization mechanism is required to make sure that changes by one metadata owner do not adversely affect the functioning of another owner’s metadata.

• The Access As identifier
• The App Metadata Sync and App Metadata Transport utilities, which both provide the capability to synchronize event metadata that belongs to different owners.

  By using these utilities, you can export your application events and event handlers and make them available for import by other metadata owners. You can also use these utilities to import your own or others’ metadata into your system.

  For more information about these utilities, see the online help for each utility.