# JPA Metadata Conversion dialog

Use this dialog to export your JPA metadata (converters, queries, and generators) to an XML mapping file.

Duplicated or overridden annotations will not be included in the generated mapping file.

Property | Description
--- | ---
Mapping file | Name and location of the XML file in which to save the JPA metadata

WARNING: Malformed metadata will result in a non-functional mapping file

Related tasks

- Converting JPA metadata to XML