Speakers: Guillermo Reobasco - MuleSoft - Software Engineering LMTS, Agustin Daniel Marraco - MuleSoft - Software Engineering MTS Host: Angel Alberici Youtube: Virtual Muleys (https://www.youtube.com/c/VirtualMuleysOnline/videos) Meetups: https://meetups.mulesoft.com/online-group-english/ Extraordinary session directly from the Engineering Team, our colleagues Guillermo Reobasco and Agustin Marraco will get you up to speed on metadata definition between flows and the approach taken in Studio 7 with Custom Metadata Assistant. This is a hands-on session to get an overview of how “Custom Metadata Assistant” brings metadata definition between flows to the Studio 7 experience. Agenda: Introductions Concepts overview and Context What is DataSense Metadata Definition Studio 6 vs Studio 7 approaches Metadata assistant Demo Questions and Answers

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Experience: Metadata definition between
flows on Studio 7
Guillermo Reobasco Agustin Marraco

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Metadata definition between Flows

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Agenda
● Concepts overview and context
● What is DataSense?
● Metadata Definition
● Studio 6 vs Studio 7 approaches
● Metadata assistant
● Demo
● Questions and Answers
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Guillermo
Reobasco
MuleSoft
Software Engineering LMTS
Agustín
Marraco
MuleSoft
Software Engineering MTS

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Concepts overview and context
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What we need to do?
Expose an endpoint
Interact with a database
Write to file
1. 2. 3.
1.
2.
3.

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What is DataSense?
● It is a feature that helps us design applications in Anypoint Studio
● Autocompletes information
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Introduction: Concepts overview
● What is Metadata Definition in Studio?
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Metadata Definition
1. Input metadata 3. Output metadata
2. Dataweave transformation script

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Introduction: Concepts overview
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Custom Types definition and assignment
Operation metadata tab Manage metadata dialog

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What is the problem?
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Studio 6 vs Studio 7 : Studio 6 Experience (Flow Reference)
Studio 6 Experience (Flow Reference)
Metadata from Flow
reference is propagated to
the Flow
Anypoint Studio 6

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What is the problem?
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Studio 6 vs Studio 7 : Studio 6 Experience (Flow Reference)
Studio 6 Experience (Flow Reference)
Metadata belongs to first
flow reference
Metadata from second flow
reference is lost
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What is the problem?
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Studio 6 vs Studio 7 : Studio 7 Experience (Flow Reference)
Studio 7 Experience (Flow Reference)
No automatic metadata
definition available on
referenced Flow
Anypoint Studio 7

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What is the problem?
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Studio 6 vs Studio 7 : Studio 7 Experience (Flow Reference)
Studio 7 Experience (Flow Reference)
Complex data structure
with nested objects

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Custom metadata assistant
● Allows easy creation of Custom
Metadata on referenced Flows
○ On creation
○ On update
○ On new reference
● Support for simple and complex
types
● Compliance with Mule 4 design
Studio 7.10
Metadata definition between flows
Custom metadata assistant

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1. Metadata experience differences within Studio 6 and 7.
2. Design decisions and differences between Studio versions
3. Stoppers for customers migrating from Studio 6 to 7
4. New Metadata Assistant and use cases for Studio 7.
To Summarize...

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Demo Time
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Want to know more?
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Check the Studio docs for the latest version and look for:
- Metadata Propagation Between Flows:
- https://docs.mulesoft.com/studio/latest/metadata-propagation-between-
flows
- Propagate Metadata Studio
- https://docs.mulesoft.com/studio/latest/propagate-metadata-studio
- DataWeave
- https://docs.mulesoft.com/mule-runtime/latest/dataweave
You can also check the Ideas Portal or the Forum!
- Ideas portal: https://help.mulesoft.com/s/ideas
- Forum: https://help.mulesoft.com/s/forum

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