# \#metadata

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## [Specify Composite Keys in the Metadata](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/specify-composite-keys-in-the-metadata/425)

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**Author:** [@neha](https://forum.datacebo.com/u/neha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 30, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/specify-composite-keys-in-the-metadata/425 "2026-03-30T15:57:18Z")

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Starting from the latest SDV Enterprise release, you can specify composite keys directly in your SDV metadata. Then, you can supply the metadata (containing composite keys) to a synthesizer, and use it to create realisti…

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## [The importance of leading zeros](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/the-importance-of-leading-zeros/408)

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**Author:** [@neha](https://forum.datacebo.com/u/neha)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/the-importance-of-leading-zeros/408 "2026-02-11T14:21:07Z")

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We’ve recently made an important enhancement to the way SDV imports data: We now retain leading zeros from the original CSV file when loading it into Python, which can dramatically improve your usage of SDV. Leading zer…

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## [Improving metadata auto-detection of primary/foreign key connections](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/improving-metadata-auto-detection-of-primary-foreign-key-connections/298)

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**Author:** [@neha](https://forum.datacebo.com/u/neha)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2025, 3:22pm UTC](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/improving-metadata-auto-detection-of-primary-foreign-key-connections/298 "2025-05-09T15:22:02Z")

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I’m starting this topic to discuss the overall issue of improving the metadata auto-detection for primary and foreign key connections. It will be helpful to reply with examples of cases where metadata auto-detection did …

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## [\[Resolved\] Multitable Metadata Import Issue](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/resolved-multitable-metadata-import-issue/261)

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**Author:** [@bhavya.kundra](https://forum.datacebo.com/u/bhavya.kundra)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 12, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/resolved-multitable-metadata-import-issue/261 "2024-11-12T17:25:08Z")

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So, I am working on a multi table SDV project. When I am importing Metadata from sdv multi table library, I am getting the following error as you can see the below screenshot:- I have tried with the previous versions…

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## [\[Resolved\] Specifying regex format for ID columns](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/resolved-specifying-regex-format-for-id-columns/163)

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**Author:** [@kalyan](https://forum.datacebo.com/u/kalyan)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/resolved-specifying-regex-format-for-id-columns/163 "2024-04-29T22:06:42Z")

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Hi @ashok.kumar.muthimen for ID columns you can specify regex format so what is generated follows the format. This is in the metadata. You can read the documentation here: Sdtypes | Synthetic Data Vault You can edit the…

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## [\[Resolved\] Metadata detect](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/resolved-metadata-detect/156)

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**Author:** [@ashok.kumar.muthimen](https://forum.datacebo.com/u/ashok.kumar.muthimen)\
**Replies:** 27\
**Last updated:** [April 29, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.datacebo.com/t/resolved-metadata-detect/156 "2024-04-29T22:00:31Z")

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I just started synthetic data generation for one of our table with test data by importing csv file. Facing issue with metadata detection . ValueError: The truth value of a DataFrame is ambiguous. Use a.empty, a.bool(), …
