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# Configuring the Metabase

This section includes the following topics:

- About Configuring the Metabase: Describes the methodologies used to configure the metabase.
- The Metabase History Feature: Overview of the metabase history feature, including a discussion of how history files are versioned and named and about configuring the metabase history.
- Writing Changes to MetaBase.XML: Describes writing a property in-schema or out-of-schema.
- Editing the MetaBase.XML File While IIS Is Running: Describes how the edit-while-running feature works and outlines how to enable this feature.
- Adding Metabase Comments: Describes how to add comments within the MetaBase.xml file.
- Extending the Metabase Schema: Outlines how to extend the metabase schema to enable storing custom properties within the metabase.

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