<div class="content"><p>The GetAccountingMetadata method retrieves <a href="e371cc74-bf4c-4870-8afe-5062cc628b4f#gt_1156c8ef-4d49-462b-9f76-aebcb6c57011" data-linktype="relative-path">accounting</a> metadata, which
includes column names, types, and other attributes of the accounting tables.</p><dl>
<dd>
<div><pre> [id(2), helpstring(&#34;method GetAccountingMetadata&#34;)] HRESULT GetAccountingMetadata(
   [out] BSTR* pbstrMetaData
 );
</pre></div>
</dd></dl><p><b>pbstrMetaData: </b>A pointer to a string that
returns accounting metadata in the form of an <a href="ee617b85-c3e2-42ea-8549-bb80860d1eb2" data-linktype="relative-path">AccountingMetaData</a> <a href="e371cc74-bf4c-4870-8afe-5062cc628b4f#gt_982b7f8e-d516-4fd5-8d5e-1a836081ed85" data-linktype="relative-path">XML</a> element (section
2.2.5.3).</p><p><b>Return Values: </b>This method returns 0x00000000
for success or a negative <a href="e371cc74-bf4c-4870-8afe-5062cc628b4f#gt_799103ab-b3cb-4eab-8c55-322821b2b235" data-linktype="relative-path">HRESULT</a>
value (int the following table or in <a href="../ms-erref/1bc92ddf-b79e-413c-bbaa-99a5281a6c90" data-linktype="relative-path">[MS-ERREF]</a>
section <a href="../ms-erref/705fb797-2175-4a90-b5a3-3918024b10b8" data-linktype="relative-path">2.1.1</a>)
if an error occurs.</p><dl>
<dd>
<table><thead>
  <tr>
   <th>
   <p>Return value/code</p>
   </th>
   <th>
   <p>Description</p>
   </th>
  </tr>
 </thead><tbody><tr>
  <td>
  <p>0x00000000</p>
  <p>S_OK</p>
  </td>
  <td>
  <p>Operation successful.</p>
  </td>
 </tr></tbody></table>
</dd></dl><p>Additional <a href="d5942816-752f-480a-9712-38ef0a248b6a" data-linktype="relative-path">IWRMAccounting</a> interface
methods are specified in section 3.2.4.3.</p></div>