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Get Metadata

Return metadata for tags that match a wildcard (description, units, stepped).

  • EIGEN.GETMETA(datasource, wildcard, limit = null, headers = true)
  • datasource (string): Historian name. If omitted, reads default from settings.
  • wildcard (string): Tag search pattern.
  • limit (number): Maximum tags to return. Non-numeric values default to 1000.
  • headers (boolean): Include header row. Default: true.
  • string[][] — Table of metadata for matching tags.
    • Format: Rows of [Tag, Description, Units, Stepped].
    • With headers=true (default): Header row ["Tag", "Description", "Units", "Stepped"] precedes data.
    • Missing fields: Coalesced to "None" if not available.
  • The function coalesces missing fields to None.
  • =EIGEN.GETMETA("Demo-influxdb", "DEMO_02TI*") — returns metadata rows for tags matching DEMO_02TI*.

Sample output (with headers):

TagDescriptionUnitsStepped
DEMO_02TI301.PVTemperature Indicator 3°Cfalse
DEMO_02TI201.PVTemperature Indicator 2°Cfalse

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