Metadata Perspective

Icon: metadata

Keyboard shortcut: CTRL-Shift-M

Description

The Metadata perspective is where you manage the different metadata types available in your Hop projects.

Usage

The types tree

This perspective has a tree on the left-hand side where the metadata types are shown as top level with elements below it:

The left-hand tree of the data orchestration perspective

Managing elements

You can right-click on any element to edit, rename, duplicate or delete an element. You can also use this menu to create new elements. To create a new element you can also double-click on the element type itself. You can also use the toolbar icons in the toolbar located right above the metadata tree.

Tabs

When creating or editing metadata elements you will get the information presented in a separate tab on the right-hand side. This will allow you to easily switch between various metadata elements when working in a project.