The following tables list the members exposed by MetaDataElement.
Public Constructors
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | MetaDataElement Constructor | Overloaded. |
Public Properties
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | Children | The children nodes of this node. For example the column nodes are children of the table node. |
| DataDbType | The DbType for this node. |
| DataType | The data type for this data |
| Description | The description of the node from the datasource metadata. Null if there is no description. |
| FieldPrimaryKey | True if this field is the primary key in it's parent dataset. Used when configuring datasets. The primary key is the field used in a B.I. select for the dataset. The other fields are for display only. |
| FieldSelected | True if this field is used in it's parent dataset. Used when configuring datasets. |
| FullName | The full name of this node. So for a column it is actually schema.table.column. |
| IsDataBlob | True if the DataType is a blob of some kind. |
| IsDataBoolean | True if the DataType is a boolean. |
| IsDataCurrency | True if the DataType is a currency number. IsDataDecimal also returns true. |
| IsDataDate | True if the DataType is a date. Does not return true for time or offset. |
| IsDataDecimal | True if the DataType is a decimal number. Will return true for a currency. |
| IsDataInteger | True if the DataType is a whole number type from byte up to int64 (and larger someday). |
| IsDataNumber | True if a whole or decimal number. |
| IsDataString | True if the DataType is a string. |
| MetaType | The NODE_TYPE for this node. |
| Name | The name of the node such as the table or column name. This is the name as used so if a column has an alias, this is the alias. |
| Properties | All the displayed properties for this metadata. Changing the returned values has no effect on this object. |
| Select | The select that created this node. This can be null. |
| SubSelect | The select stripped of the ${var. and } part. |
| UniqueName | The name to use depending on the UseFullName setting. |
| UseFullName | If true use the full name, if false use the Name. |
Public Methods
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AssignBaseProps | Assigns the base member vars (i.e. not Children). |
| Clone | Clones the MetaData object. |
| DataRemapResult | Looks up dictionary for remapped data intended for use with enums to real names |
| DoesRemapResult | Looks up dictionary for if data remaps intended for use with enums to real names |
 | FromXml | Read the xml to deserialize this object. |
| ToXml | Write this out to XML (for serialization). |