# Metadata configuration

By configuring metadata, you can configure reusable information across all Talend Studio components.

### In this section

* [Creating a metadata definition](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/creating-using-metadata-talend-studio/8.0/creating-metadata)
* [Configuring a component through metadata](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/creating-using-metadata-talend-studio/8.0/adding-a-component-metadata)
* [Creating a metadata definition from a database](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/creating-using-metadata-talend-studio/8.0/creating-metadata-database)
* [Using metadata to read a database and displaying the results](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/creating-using-metadata-talend-studio/8.0/displaying-results-database)