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Maintaining metadata is a key setup and maintenance task for Active Retail Intelligence.
Metadata is data about data; that is, it is a description of the data sources available to Active Retail Intelligence, presented at a level above the actual data descriptions. This simpler level of data detail allows you to deal with the data along functional rather than structural lines. Metadata definitions are descriptions of data tables, with the added convenience of being able to provide additional information that was not in the original definitions of the tables and to logically group like data. Metadata can also be used to describe other data sources such as functions and actions.
Metadata must be defined so that exceptions and events will process properly. Maintaining metadata involves defining and editing the data objects that you will use to set up and maintain rules, events, and actions for your Active Retail Intelligence system.
Active Retail Intelligence metadata consists of several concepts and types of information:
Parameters
Parameter types
Realm types
Realms
Lookups
Metadata must be defined before you can proceed with defining exceptions and events.
Metadata must be synchronized with and accurately reflect the data model that drives your system, or Active Retail Intelligence will malfunction. This means that any changes made to tables and functions must be reflected in the Active Retail Intelligence metadata.
Because you are modifying the data that drives your Active Retail Intelligence system, metadata maintenance should be performed when there are no Active Retail Intelligence users besides yourself on the system. See the Active Retail Intelligence Operations Guide for more information.
