MapInfo Pro seamlessly works with MapInfo Manager through Library Service. A Library Service lets you access the metadata records published in MapInfo Manager.
Effect of a Metadata Update
The automatic metadata update feature updates the date and time of the managed table's metadata in MapInfo Manager. It also updates the bounds in metadata with respect to new data saved by a user in a managed table. Updating the bounds in the metadata helps while searching managed records within a map or drawing bounds on a map using the Catalog Browser.
Managed Table's Metadata Update
A table managed by the MapInfo Manager library is called a Managed Table. When saving edits made to a managed table, its metadata is updated automatically using Library Service. This feature is active when running MapInfo Pro with MapInfo Manager integration mode set to Catalogs and Library. For details about Managed Tables, see the help topic Working with MapInfo Manager Library Services.
If you are not running MapInfo Pro in Catalogs and Library mode, then the metadata update feature is disabled.
Activating Library Service Mode
You can activate the Library Service by setting the MapInfo Manager Integration mode to Catalogs and Library. To do this, on the PRO tab in the Options group, click on Web Services. In the Web Services Preferences dialog box click Library Services.
For details about enabling the Library Services, see the help topic Setting the Library Services Preferences.
For details about enabling the Library Services, see the help topic Setting the Library Services Preferences in the Help System.
After setting the Library Services preferences to Catalogs and Library, the Tables window shows the status of the tables and if they are managed or not by the MapInfo Manager library.
MapInfo Operations Triggering Automatic Metadata Update
A metadata update occurs automatically when performing some MapInfo Pro operations.
Saving Recent Edits to Managed Table
A metadata update occurs automatically when you commit edits back to a table.
Changing Structure of a Managed Table
A metadata update occurs automatically when changing the structure of a managed table by performing following operations:
- Adding fields to a table
- Removing fields from a table
- Changing the order of fields
- Adding indexes to a table
- Removing indexes from a table
- Adding a map to a table
- Dropping a map from a table