Specifies when the provider retrieves column metadata from ServiceNow.

Possible Values

Data Type

string

Default Value

"OnStart"

Remarks

Set this property to control when the server requests and caches table column definitions.

The following options are supported:

• OnStart: Retrieves metadata for all tables at startup, before executing the first query.
• OnUse: Retrieves metadata for each table only when that table is first referenced and the metadata is not already cached.

This property is useful for controlling the tradeoff between startup performance and on-demand metadata discovery.