update def

sdmetrics/reports/base_report.py

@@ -143,7 +143,10 @@ def generate(self, real_data, synthetic_data, metadata, verbose=True):
                 Whether or not to print report summary and progress.
         """
         if not isinstance(metadata, dict):
-            raise TypeError('The provided metadata is not a dictionary.')
+            raise TypeError(
+                f"Expected a dictionary but received a '{type(metadata).__name__}' instead."
+                " For SDV metadata objects, please use the 'to_dict' function to convert it to a dictionary."
+            )
 
         self._validate(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata)
         self.convert_datetimes(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata)

sdmetrics/reports/multi_table/base_multi_table_report.py

@@ -101,8 +101,10 @@ def generate(self, real_data, synthetic_data, metadata, verbose=True):
             verbose (bool):
                 Whether or not to print report summary and progress.
         """
+        results = super().generate(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata, verbose)
         self.table_names = list(metadata.get('tables', {}).keys())
-        return super().generate(real_data, synthetic_data, metadata, verbose)
+
+        return results
 
     def _check_table_names(self, table_name):
         if table_name not in self.table_names: