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Baseline 2.5 RetrieveMetaData

Describes how to retrieve the metadata information for baselines that match the criteria given in the metadata filter.


Parameters

NameTypeDirectionDescription
psAuthContextStringInOutDeprecated proprietary authentication context only used by .ASMX web services based on internal username/password authentication. Claims based security standards drive all the WCF .SVC web services making this parameter redundant.
pasBaselineIdsStringArrayInString array containing the element names of the baselines used for filtering
psXMLMetaDataFilterStringInMetadataFilter XML structure with additional filter on metadata to limit the objects on which metadata has to be returned
psXMLRequestedMetaDataStringInRequested Metadata XML structure indicating which metadata has to be retrieved for a given object.
psOutXMLObjListStringInOutThe Baseline ObjectList XML structure containing the metadata of the baselines

  • All fields on a baseline have level'none'. So, the metadata filter and the requested metadata may only contain fields with level none.
  • The ObjectList XML structure only contains the requested metadata of the baselines. The content of the baseline is not returned.
  • The order of the returned objects in psOutXMLObjList is random.