# Missing metadata options \[May 16\]

**URL:** <https://community.nocodb.com/t/missing-metadata-options-may-16/459>\
**Category:** Discord-Discussions\
**Created:** [November 3, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/missing-metadata-options-may-16/459 "2022-11-03T09:48:03Z")\
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> 🙋‍♂️ **Kooq** _replied_

#### Hey all would anyone have an idea why import & export metadata settings might be gone? Tried searching if anything changed here in new version, but seems these options should still be here?

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/missing-metadata-options-may-16/459/3 "2022-11-03T09:48:05Z")

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> 🙋‍♂️ **Kooq** _replied_

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/missing-metadata-options-may-16/459/4 "2022-11-03T09:48:06Z")

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> 💁 **o1lab** _replied_

#### The underlying metadata mechanism has changed hence we’e taken it out temproraily. As a work around, If you want to backup your metadata - you can use mysqldump/pgdump

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**Post date:** [November 3, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://community.nocodb.com/t/missing-metadata-options-may-16/459/5 "2022-11-03T09:48:07Z")

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> 💁 **o1lab** _replied_

#### so metadata today, is all normalised in tables.

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> 🙋‍♂️ **Kooq** _replied_

#### gotcha, thanks for taking time to answer and salutes for awesome work y’all doing here 🙂

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