About Metadata Administration

You use metadata administration to create and manage a customization package. You can do the following work in metadata administration:

• Upload a metadata file to the Siebel Server.

• Create, update, or delete a customization package.

• Display customization packages that are available, including information about a customization package, such as information about child metadata files.

• Create, update, or delete a metadata file.

• Display metadata files and the details about each metadata file.

• Create a relationship between a metadata file and a customization package.

• Download the necessary metadata files through web services for the user.

• Track the expiration of a customization package and files.

• Control user privileges.

• Control user access to a customization package.

For more information about:

• Work you do to administer metadata during installation, see Administering Metadata Files.

• A description of metadata files that you can administer, see About Metadata Files.

• How Siebel CRM Desktop synchronizes metadata, see How Siebel CRM Desktop Synchronizes Data Between the Client and the Siebel Server.