biGENIUS-X Metadata Explorer for Visual Studio Code

The biGENIUS-X Metadata Explorer extension for Visual Studio Code enables developers, data engineers, and architects to browse and inspect the metadata repository of biGENIUS-X projects — directly within the IDE.

🔍 Key Features

• Browse metadata of biGENIUS-X projects directly in Visual Studio Code
• Resolve technical IDs to meaningful business context
• Gain insights into the structure of your data automation projects
• Connect to the biGENIUS-X API (with appropriate license) to fetch real-time configuration data
• Use Code completion for technical IDs of properties like platformDatatypeId, modelObjectTypeId, defaultTermId...
• Validate your entire biGENIUS-X project using a dedicated command

⚙️ Requirements

• A valid biGENIUS-X project repository
• A valid biGENIUS-X license

With the appropriate license, the extension can connect to the biGENIUS-X configuration API to dynamically retrieve enriched metadata and configurations from the source system.

💡 Use Case

Ideal for teams working with automated data warehouse solutions who need:

• Clear understanding of underlying metadata
• Streamlined documentation and debugging
• Improved collaboration through better visibility

🔗 Setup / Connect

To enable API-based features, follow these steps:

• Locate your clientId and clientSecret in the biGENIUS-X App:
  Organization > API Connection
• Add these credentials to your project or extension configuration prompted when opening a bigenius-X project
• This enables the extension to authenticate and connect to the biGENIUS-X API for real-time metadata and configuration access

✅ Validate Project

Quickly validate your biGENIUS-X project setup and metadata integrity with the command validateBiGeniusXProject. You can execute this command from the Command Palette (Ctrl+Shift+P or Cmd+Shift+P), helping you to find errors and inconsistencies inside the project early.