Accessing the Active Repository from an Addin

[pwe]

Is it possible to determine the active repository from within an Add-in?

[ChrisHemedinger]

Hi,

We do not currently publish an API for accessing this information.

However, if you post back with what version of EG you are using and what information you want to access, I can provide a simple code snippet that will do the job. All of the usual caveats about unpublished, subject-to-change information will apply, of course.

Chris

[pwe]

I am using EG 4.1
I want to determine what my active repository is since some resources I would want will not be available in all repositories. I would like to be able to query the resources and then let the user know if he.she can use the stored process.
In a similar vein, I would want to query tables to create a custom dialogue
peter

[ChrisHemedinger]

Hi,

I'm still not exactly sure what you're after, but here are some instructions to get basic repository information. It's a proprietary, internal API and in order to keep it somewhat mysterious, I'm not going to really explain the code 🙂

1. Add a reference to SAS.EG.SDS.Metadata.dll and SAS.EG.SDS.Model.dll (found in the EG install directory)

2. Add this statement to the top of your C# file (assuming C# here -- let me know if you want a VB.NET translation):

using SAS.EG.SDS.Metadata;

3. Some C# code to get repository info and assign it to some UI label controls:

SAS.EG.SDS.Model.Broker _broker = new SAS.EG.SDS.Model.Broker();

SAS.EG.SDS.Metadata.IMetadataManager mm = _broker.MetadataManager;

SAS.EG.SDS.Metadata.IRepository _rep = mm.ActiveRepository;

lblRepName.Text = string.Format("Current Repository: {0}",_rep.Name);
lblType.Text = (_rep.Type == Repository.eType.OMS) ? "SAS Metadata Repository" : "Enterprise Guide Repository";
lblHost.Text = _rep.HostName;
lblPort.Text = (_rep.Type == Repository.eType.OMS) ? _rep.Port : "N/A";
lblUser.Text = _rep.User;
lblRepository.Text = (_rep.Type == Repository.eType.OMS) ? _rep.RepName : "N/A";


This will work with EG 4.1, but it is not a public API and it is subject to change in future releases.

Chris

[pwe]

Thanks. That looks somewhat like the bits I am after. I will muck about with it for a while and see how much damage I can cause