What steps are necessary to enable metadata updates within an FCCS application?

• A. Import metadata and then Refresh Database
• B. Import metadata only
• C. Refresh Database only
• D. No steps required

Answer: (A)

To enable metadata updates in FCCS, you must bring in the new definitions first by importing the metadata, and then apply those changes by refreshing the database. Importing metadata loads new or updated dimensions, members, and properties into the application. Without the subsequent refresh, the system won’t apply these changes to the data model, so they won’t be usable in calculations or forms. Refreshing the database without importing would have nothing new to apply, and doing nothing obviously won’t update anything. Thus, the correct sequence is to import metadata first, then refresh the database.