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DataWorks:GetMetaDBInfo

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

Queries the basic metadata information about a compute engine instance.

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Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

AppGuid

string

No

The compute engine instance ID. Specify the ID in the Engine type.Engine name format.

odps.some_engine_name

ClusterId

string

No

The E-MapReduce (EMR) cluster ID.

abc

DatabaseName

string

No

The name of the metadatabase of the EMR cluster.

abc

DataSourceType

string

No

The type of the data source. Valid values: odps and emr.

emr

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

0bc1411515937****

Data

object

The basic metadata information.

Type

string

The type of the metadatabase.

hive

Comment

string

The comment.

Comment

CreateTime

integer

The time when the compute engine instance was created.

1541576644000

ProjectId

integer

The workspace ID.

22

ProjectName

string

The name of the workspace.

test

AppGuid

string

The compute engine instance ID. Specify the ID in the Engine type.Engine name format.

odps.engine_name

OwnerName

string

The name of the workspace owner.

my_name

OwnerId

string

The ID of the Alibaba Cloud account used by the workspace owner.

userId

EnvType

integer

The type of the environment. Valid values: 0 and 1. The value 0 indicates the development environment. The value 1 indicates the production environment.

1

ProjectNameCn

string

The display name of the workspace.

Test project

Endpoint

string

The endpoint of the service.

http://service.odpsstg.aliyun-inc.com/

ClusterBizId

string

The EMR cluster ID.

abc

Name

string

The name of the database.

abc

Location

string

The storage path of the metadatabase of the EMR cluster.

hdfs://

TenantId

integer

The tenant ID.

233

ModifyTime

integer

The time when the compute engine instance was modified.

1541576644000

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "0bc1411515937****",
  "Data": {
    "Type": "hive",
    "Comment": "Comment",
    "CreateTime": 1541576644000,
    "ProjectId": 22,
    "ProjectName": "test",
    "AppGuid": "odps.engine_name",
    "OwnerName": "my_name",
    "OwnerId": "userId",
    "EnvType": 1,
    "ProjectNameCn": "Test project",
    "Endpoint": "http://service.odpsstg.aliyun-inc.com/",
    "ClusterBizId": "abc",
    "Name": "abc",
    "Location": "hdfs://",
    "TenantId": 233,
    "ModifyTime": 1541576644000
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 Invalid.Meta.AppNotExist The MaxCompute project does not exist. The MaxCompute project does not exist.
400 InvalidParameter.Meta.CommonError The specified parameter is invalid. The request parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParameter.Meta.Illegal The app guid parameter is invalid. The app guid parameter is invalid.
400 InvalidParameter.Meta.IllegalDate The date format is invalid. The date format is invalid.
400 InvalidParameter.Meta.IllegalPageError The parameter for paging is invalid. The parameter for paging is invalid.
400 InternalError.UserId.Missing An internal system error occurred. Try again later.
400 InternalError.Meta.NoCalcEngine An error occurred while retrieving the compute engine based on the MaxCompute project. Incorrect project entered by user
400 InvalidParameter.Meta.NotExist The data does not exist. No data is available.
500 InternalError.System An internal system error occurred. Try again later.
500 InternalError.Meta.TenantTimeOut Failed to connect to the interface network. Failed to connect to the interface network.
500 InternalError.Meta.Unknown An unknown error occurred while processing your request. An unknown error occurred while processing your request.
403 Forbidden.Meta.NoTenant The user is not the owner of any tenants. The user is not the owner of any tenants.
403 Forbidden.Access Access is forbidden. Please first activate DataWorks Enterprise Edition or Flagship Edition. No permission, please authorize
429 Throttling.Api The request for this resource has exceeded your available limit.
429 Throttling.Api.Risk The request for this resource has exceeded your daily available limit.
429 Throttling.System The DataWorks system is busy. Try again later.
429 Throttling.User Your request is too frequent. Try again later.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.