## 4.2.13.2.1.3  Business User - Read Metadata
Technical name: QueryBusinessUserMetadataIn
This service enables you to read metadata information from your external data source such as an identity management system for service Business User with this synchronous inbound service.
This service provides the search parameter RoleCategory , which restricts the result set of the metadata information of the service. The response includes the metadata information based on the given criteria. If errors occur, the log contains information about the severity code, the message number and message texts.
This service is available on the SAP Business Accelerator Hub, for more information see APIs on SAP Business Accelerator Hub.
## Service Request
## Service Nodes
The service nodes contain the service's business data.
| Node or Field                                                  |                                               | Description                                         | Cardinality   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| BusinessPartnerRoleCat egoryInterval Cardinality: 0..unbounded | IntervalBoundaryTypeCo de                     | You can only use the follow- ing value: • 1 - Equal | 1..1          |
|                                                                | LowerBoundaryBusinessP artnerRoleCategoryCode | For example: BUP003                                 | 0..1          |
## Sample Payload
##  Sample Code
&lt;soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:aba="http://sap.com/xi/ABA"&gt; &lt;soapenv:Header/&gt; &lt;soapenv:Body&gt; &lt;aba:BusinessUserMetaDataQuery\_sync&gt; &lt;!--Zero or more repetitions:--&gt; &lt;BusinessPartnerRoleCategoryInterval&gt; &lt;IntervalBoundaryTypeCode&gt;1&lt;/IntervalBoundaryTypeCode&gt; &lt;LowerBoundaryBusinessPartnerRoleCategoryCode&gt;BUP003&lt;/ LowerBoundaryBusinessPartnerRoleCategoryCode&gt; &lt;/BusinessPartnerRoleCategoryInterval&gt; &lt;/aba:BusinessUserMetaDataQuery\_sync&gt; &lt;/soapenv:Body&gt; &lt;/soapenv:Envelope&gt;
## Service Response
| Service Node         |                                | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Link to Details                            |
|----------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
| BusinessUserMetaData | RoleCategoryDependentM etaData | This node contains all meta- data, which depends on the role category of a business user, such as the role cate- gory with its role, external ID category with its external ID type or relationship category. | RoleCategoryDependentMe- taData [page 994] |
| Service Node   | Description                                                                                                                | Link to Details     |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|                | This node provides the avail- able code lists for SAP specific codes. For exam- ple country/region code, aca- demic title. | CodeList [page 996] |
| Log            | This nodes displays occurred messages.                                                                                     | Log [page 997]      |
## Error Codes
|   Error Code | Message                                                                                    | Description                                       |
|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|          112 | Interval Boundary Type Code &1 is not supported for BusinessPartnerRoleCa- tegoryInterval. | You can only use the following value: • 1 - Equal |
|          118 | No data found by given search criteria.                                                    | To display all data, don't enter any value.       |
## Authentication Method
You can use the following authentication methods: User ID/password (Username Token), X.509 certificate (X509 Token) or Single Sign On using SAML (SAML Token).
## Constraints
Currently this SOAP service is only enabled for English.
## Additional Information
If you have any issues, report an incident for component CA-GTF-BUM .
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##  Note
For more information about the API, choose the Details tab on the SAP Business Accelerator Hub.