Strategus::createResultsDataModelSettings allows for the specification of a resultsFolder to use when creating the results data model. However, sometimes we'd like to set up the schema to hold the results data model before results are generated. This can be done by passing in an empty directory (which isn't great) and when calling Strategus::createResultDataModel the data model is created except for the database_meta_data table:
Warning message:
In .createDatabaseMetadataResultsDataModel(resultsConnectionDetails = resultsConnectionDetails, :
DatabaseMetaData not found - skipping table creation