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DataWorks:SearchMetaTables

Last Updated:Mar 30, 2026

Queries metatables based on specific conditions.

Operation description

Only MaxCompute and EMR engine tables are supported for search.

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RAM authorization

No authorization for this operation. If you encounter issues with this operation, contact technical support.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

PageNumber

integer

No

The page number.

1

PageSize

integer

No

The number of entries per page. Default value: 10. Maximum value: 100.

10

AppGuid

string

No

The GUID of the workspace where the metatables reside.

odps.engine_name

Keyword

string

Yes

The keyword based on which metatables are queried. During the query, the system tokenizes the names of metatables and matches the names with the keyword. If no name is matched, the value null is returned. By default, the system uses underscores (_) to tokenize the names.

test

EntityType

integer

No

The type of the metatables. Valid values: 0 and 1. The value 0 indicates that tables are queried. The value 1 indicates that views are queried. If you do not configure this parameter, all types of metatables are queried.

0

ClusterId

string

No

The ID of the EMR cluster. This parameter is required only if you set the DataSourceType parameter to emr.

You can log on to the EMR console to obtain the ID.

abc

DataSourceType

string

No

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

emr

Schema

string

No

The schema information of the table. You must configure this parameter if you enable the three-layer model of MaxCompute.

default

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

The response parameters.

HttpStatusCode

integer

The HTTP status code.

200

ErrorMessage

string

The error message.

The specified parameters are invalid.

RequestId

string

The request ID.

0bc1ec92159376****

Success

boolean

Indicates whether the request was successful.

true

ErrorCode

string

The error code.

1031203110005

Data

object

The search results.

PageNumber

integer

The page number.

1

PageSize

integer

The number of entries per page.

10

TotalCount

integer

The total number of metatables.

100

DataEntityList

array<object>

The list of metatables.

object

TableName

string

The name of the metatable.

test_name

DatabaseName

string

The name of the metadatabase.

abc

EntityType

integer

The type of the metatable. Valid values:

  • 0: table

  • 1: view

0

ProjectName

string

The name of the workspace.

test

ProjectId

integer

The ID of the workspace.

323

TableGuid

string

The GUID of the metatable.

odps.engine_name.test_name

OwnerId

string

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

123

ClusterId

string

The ID of the EMR cluster.

abc

EnvType

integer

The type of the environment. Valid values:

  • 1: production environment

  • 0: development environment

1

TenantId

integer

The tenant ID.

12345

Schema

string

The schema information of the table. You must configure this parameter if you enable the three-layer model of MaxCompute.

default

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "HttpStatusCode": 200,
  "ErrorMessage": "The specified parameters are invalid.",
  "RequestId": "0bc1ec92159376****",
  "Success": true,
  "ErrorCode": "1031203110005",
  "Data": {
    "PageNumber": 1,
    "PageSize": 10,
    "TotalCount": 100,
    "DataEntityList": [
      {
        "TableName": "test_name",
        "DatabaseName": "abc",
        "EntityType": 0,
        "ProjectName": "test",
        "ProjectId": 323,
        "TableGuid": "odps.engine_name.test_name",
        "OwnerId": "123",
        "ClusterId": "abc",
        "EnvType": 1,
        "TenantId": 12345,
        "Schema": "default"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 Invalid.Meta.TableNotExist The table does not exist. The table 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 InvalidParameter.Meta.NotExist The object does not exist.
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
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 ResourceNotAuthorized.Api You are not authorized to access the resources.
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.