Retrieves the user provided metadata for the specified tables.
Parameters
table_names (list of str) –
Names of tables whose metadata will be fetched, in [schema_name.]table_name format, using standard name resolution rules. All provided tables must exist, or an error is returned. The user can provide a single element (which will be automatically promoted to a list internally) or a list.
options (dict of str to str) –
Optional parameters. The default value is an empty dict ( ).
Returns
A dict with the following entries–
table_names (list of str) –
Value of input parameter table_names.
metadata_maps (list of dicts of str to str) –
A list of maps which contain the metadata of the tables in the order the tables are listed in input parameter table_names. Each map has (metadata attribute name, metadata attribute value) pairs.
info (dict of str to str) –
Additional information.