Using the metadata DSL in the console (FOR ADMINS ONLY)

Owned by Adam Milward
Last updated: Jun 21, 2019
1 min read

Simple Example:


import org.modelcatalogue.core.*
import org.modelcatalogue.core.audit.* 

AuditService auditService = ctx.getBean('auditService') 
DataElement de = DataElement.get( 1304552)

auditService.betterMute {
  de.description = "Hello"
  de.save(flush:true)
}




Start by adding any java dependencies (you'll need these):

import org.modelcatalogue.core.*

and add the quiet save method:

void quietSave(CatalogueElement ce) {
try {
ce.save()
} catch (Exception e) {
println "Exception caught: ${e.getMessage()}"
}
}

Then you can access a data model using the data model .get() method and adding the id of the data model you want:

DataModel NCRASDictionary = DataModel.get(135999)

Then you can print out the results:

println(NCRASDictionary)

press play:

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Next, we want to get all the data classes, data elements and data types from another model (NCRAS AV PATIENT) and put them into the NCRASDICTIONARY Model.

DataModel NCRASAVPATIENT = DataModel.get(99994)

Next, we cant to create a top-level class in the NCRASDictionary with the model name and description, so create a new data class with the info from the patient model and add it to the Dictionary Model:

DataClass avPatient = new DataClass(name:NCRASAVPATIENT.name, description: NCRASAVPATIENT.description, dataModel: NCRASDictionary)
quietSave(avPatient)

Next, we get all the classes that are in the patient model and then add them to the new class we've created

def avPatientClasses = DataClass.findAllByDataModel(NCRASAVPATIENT)

avPatientClasses.each{ cls ->
    avPatient.addToContains(cls)
}


Now get all the catalogue elements from the patients model:


def allElements = CatalogueElement.findAllByDataModel(NCRASAVPATIENT)

allElements.each{ el ->

 el.dataModel = NCRASDictionary
 quietSave(el)
}







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