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title: "Set up metadata synchronization parameters"
slug: "set-up-metadata-synchronization-parameters"
tags: ["Task", "Data Modeling Studio", "DMS"]
updated: 2026-03-20T11:27:44Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:44:45Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/set-up-metadata-synchronization-parameters"
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# Set up metadata synchronization parameters

Set up the metadata-related parameters.

### Steps

1. Go to **Data modeling studio** > **Data modeling studio** > **Parameters**.
2. Click the **Metadata synchronization t**ab.
3. Sub-task: Set application metadata parameters.
  1. These fields together define the default value of the **Application metadata** field for each created data model:

On creation of a data model, only if all three of these parameters are set to '**Yes**', the **Application metadata** field on the **Data model** page is set to '**Yes**'.

If for a data model the **Application metadata** field is set to '**Yes**', on deploy, these tables are created and filled in the target database:

In the **Export labels** field, select the desired option: '**Yes**' or '**No**'.
    - **Export labels**
    - **Export enumerations**
    - **Export data dictionary**
    - **CDPLabelStaging**: This table contains the labels from D365 F&SCM. So, in the target database, the UI labels are shown instead of the technical names.
    - **CDPEnumerationsStaging**: This table contains the enum value names from D365 F&SCM. So, in the target database, the enum value names are shown instead of the enum value numbers.
    - **CDPDictionaryStaging**: This table contains all D365 F&SCM tables.
  2. In the **Export enumerations** field, select the desired option: '**Yes**' or '**No**'.
  3. In the **Export data dictionary** field, select the desired option: '**Yes**' or '**No**'.
  4. You can indicate if, on deploy, the **CDPManifestTableSTAGING** must be created in the target database. This table contains information of the **Data modeling studio** as installed for D365 F&SCM. The information includes, for example, version information and used prefixes. On deploy, for the created **CDPManifestTableStaging** table, also the data is exported from D365 F&SCM to the target database.

In the **Export manifest** field, select the desired option: '**Yes**' or '**No**'.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> In the target database, the **CDPManifestTableSTAGING** is (re)created on deploy of each data model.
4. Sub-task: Set processing metadata parameters.
  1. These fields together define the default value of the **Processing metadata** field for each created data model:

On creation of a data model, only if both of these parameters are set to '**Yes**', the **Processing metadata** field on the **Data model** page is set to '**Yes**'.

If for a data model the **Processing metadata** field is set to '**Yes**', on deploy, these tables are created and filled in the target database:

On data export, the data in these tables is updated.

In the **Synchronize data export log** field, select the desired option: '**Yes**' or '**No**'.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> You can view the log and processing history on the **Data exchange monitoring** page.
    - **Synchronize data export log**
    - **Synchronize data export details**
    - **CDPLogStaging**: This table is used to log the deploy and export history. It shows the export history using messages.
    - **CDPProcessingStaging**: This table is used to log the deploy and export processing history. It shows the technical details of the export history.
  2. In the **Synchronize data export details** field, select the desired option: '**Yes**' or '**No**'.
  3. The deploy and export history is logged. You can view this history on the **Data exchange monitoring** page. Over time, the number of logged records grows. To limit the number of logged records in the database, you can refresh the history. If you refresh the history, the retention settings of these parameters are applied:

**Example**: Number of retention days is 7. Today, on the **Data exchange monitoring** page, you click **Refresh**. As a result, all logged records are deleted that are older than a week.

In the **Processing record retention (days)** field, enter a number.
    - **Log record retention (days)**: On refresh, only the log records are kept that are within the number of defined retention days.
    - **Processing record retention (days)**: On refresh, only the processing records are kept that are within the number of defined retention days.
  4. In the **Log record retention (days)** field, enter a number.
5. Sub-task: Set data model metadata parameter.
  1. The Synchronize data set configuration field defines the default value of the **Data model metadata** field for each created data model.

If for a data model the **Data model metadata** field is set to '**Yes**', on deploy, these tables are created and filled in the target database:

In the **Synchronize data set configuration** field, select the desired option: '**Yes**' or '**No**'.
    - **CDPFieldsStaging**: This table contains the fields of the data sets and data entities tables that are added to the data model.
    - **CDPInputsStaging**: This table contains the tables of the data sets and data entities that are added to the data model.
6. Sub-task: Set entity export status parameter.
  1. You can use the **Entity export status** table to store all entities (data set tables and data entities) as used on data models. When data exports are done, this table also stores the export status for each of the tables.

In the **Entity export status** field, select the desired option: '**Yes**' or '**No**'.
7. Sub-task: View metadata table dates.
  1. For the **Data modeling studio** metadata tables, the data is collected in D365 F&SCM and stored in these tables in D365 F&SCM.

On deploy or export, for some of these metadata tables, the data is taken from these metadata tables in D365 F&SCM. For other metadata tables, the data is used in data modeling.

It is important to keep the data in the metadata tables up to date.

To update the metadata in the metadata tables in D365 F&SCM, click **Update metadata**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Make sure to update the metadata tables after each change or creation of a data model.

## Related

- [Entity export status](/entity-export-status.md)
- [Data modeling studio metadata tables in D365 F&SCM](/data-modeling-studio-metadata-tables-in-d365-fscm.md)
- [Set up parameters](/set-up-parameters-dsm.md)