Loading Microsoft Dynamics metadata into a Data Catalog Tool (Not Purview)

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How can I load Microsoft Dynamics data into our data catalog tool (not Purview)? Is there an OpenAPI definition or connector available for this integration, and where can I download it?

I’m mainly looking for a way to bring in metadata such as entities, their descriptions, attributes, and data types. Any guidance or recommendations would be helpful.

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André Arnaud de Cal... 303,669 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Can you tell us what Dynamics 365 application this question is related to? There are several different solutions in the Dynamics 365 family, like: Sales, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Project Operations, and Customer Insights.

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Ahsan Shahid 12 on at

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You can use Dynamics 365’s OData and Web API services, which expose detailed metadata such as entities, attributes, descriptions, and data types. The OData endpoint (for example, https://<org>.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/$metadata) provides schema information in XML format that you can parse and transform to match your catalog’s metadata model.

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DK-09101518-0 13 on at

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@André Arnaud de Calavon Customer Insights mainly.

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André Arnaud de Cal... 303,669 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Thanks for the clarification. Moved the question from the Dynamics 365 General to the Dynamics 365 Customer Insights forum.

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DK-09101518-0 13 on at

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@Ahsan Shahid thank you for your reply, a right direction.

Tried to use https://<org>.crm.dynamics.com/api/data/v9.0/$metadata, it does provide entity, attributes, data type, but misses to expose definition and default options (examples below). Are those available in bulk somewhere , or need to be requested by entity?

While I am also looking for Definition (as in account EntityType (Microsoft.Dynamics.CRM) | Microsoft Learn)

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