SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHLDRDTL 157supplied Property Dependencies When you add or update the LOAD OPTIONS property, if the value of the LOAD TIME COLUMN item is YES,
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supplied
Property Dependencies When you add or update the LOAD OPTIONS property, if the
value of the LOAD TIME COLUMN item is YES, then a valid load time column must
exist for the table that is associated with this load process to avoid errors when processing the SOURCE CODE and/or STEP SOURCE CODE properties You can add a load time column to a table as described in the documentation for the WHCOLTIM type Using WHLDRDAT
WHLDRDAT is a dependent type To understand how all subtypes of WHPROCES relate to other types, see the process models in “Relationships Among Metadata Types”
on page 53
For details about reading process information, see “Reading Process Flow Metadata”
on page 62
WHLDRDTL
Metadata type for detail table load processes
Category: Process Types—Load
Parent
“WHPRCLDR” on page 207 Overview
WHLDRDTL models the metadata for detail table load processes in the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Process Editor Here is one way to add a detail table load process in SAS/Warehouse Administrator:
1 In the Explorer, select a detail table with the right mouse button
2 Select Process from the pop-up menu.
3 In the Process Editor, select the table with the right mouse button
4 Select Edit Load Step.
5 Enter the process information
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Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHLDRDTL and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods
In the table, you can specify properties with a Yes in the Indirect Add column when
you indirectly add one object through another, as described in the documentation for the _UPDATE_METADATA_ method Use this approach to add a new dependent object For details, see “Using _UPDATE_METADATA_” on page 46
You can pass properties with a Yes in the Update column to the
_UPDATE_METADATA_ method, as described in the documentation for this method Use this method to update properties of an existing object For details, see “Using _UPDATE_METADATA_” on page 46
* Req indicates that the property is required; you must provide a value for this
property when you use a given method * Default indicates that the system will provide
a default value for that property if you do not provide one * Auto supplied means that
the property is automatically supplied; any value that you specify for such a property is ignored
Properties with a Yes in the Read Method Expand Parm column are valid with the
expand parameter of the _GET_METADATA_ method This method enables you to get
detailed metadata about a property and its associated objects through a single method call
Properties Type Indirect Add Update Method Read Method
Expand Parm.
supplied
Extended Attributes
Property Dependencies)
Yes (See Property Dependencies)
No
Metadata Created C * Auto
suplied
Metadata Updated C * Auto
supplied
supplied
supplied
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Step Source Code L * Auto
supplied
Property Dependencies When you add or update the LOAD OPTIONS property, if the
value of the LOAD TIME COLUMN item is YES, then a valid load time column must
exist for the table that is associated with this load process to avoid errors when processing the SOURCE CODE and/or STEP SOURCE CODE properties You can add a load time column to a table as described in the documentation for the WHCOLTIM type Using WHLDRDTL
WHLDRDTL is a dependent type To understand how all subtypes of WHPROCES relate to other types, see the process models in “Relationships Among Metadata Types”
on page 53
For details about reading process information, see “Reading Process Flow Metadata”
on page 62
WHLDREXT
Metadata type for external file load processes
Category: Process Types—Load
Parent
“WHPRCLDR” on page 207 Overview
WHLDREXT models the metadata for external file load processes in the
SAS/Warehouse Administrator Process Editor An external file is an input to an
operational data definition (ODD) that extracts information from one or more sources that are not in SAS format Here is one way to add an external file load process in SAS/Warehouse Administrator:
1 In the Explorer, select an ODD with the right mouse button
2 Select Process from the pop-up menu.
3 In the Process Editor, select the ODD with the right mouse button
4 Select
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Add External File from the pop-up menu
5 Select the external file with the right mouse button
6 Select Edit Load Step.
7 Enter the process information
Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHLDREXT and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods
In the table, you can specify properties with a Yes in the Indirect Add column when
you indirectly add one object through another, as described in the documentation for the _UPDATE_METADATA_ method Use this approach to add a new dependent object For details, see “Using _UPDATE_METADATA_” on page 46
You can pass properties with a Yes in the Update column to the
_UPDATE_METADATA_ method, as described in the documentation for this method Use this method to update properties of an existing object For details, see “Using _UPDATE_METADATA_” on page 46
* Req indicates that the property is required; you must provide a value for this
property when you use a given method * Default indicates that the system will provide
a default value for that property if you do not provide one * Auto supplied means that
the property is automatically supplied; any value that you specify for such a property is ignored
Properties with a Yes in the Read Method Expand Parm column are valid with the
expand parameter of the _GET_METADATA_ method This method enables you to get
detailed metadata about a property and its associated objects through a single method call
Properties Type Indirect Add Update Method Read Method
Expand Parm.
supplied
Extended Attributes
Metadata Created C * Auto
supplied
Metadata Updated C * Auto
supplied
supplied
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supplied
Step Source Code L * Auto
supplied
Property Dependencies When you add or update the LOAD OPTIONS property, if the
value of the LOAD TIME COLUMN item is YES, then a valid load time column must
exist for the table that is associated with this load process to avoid errors when processing the SOURCE CODE and STEP SOURCE CODE properties You can add a load time column to a table as described in the documentation for the WHCOLTIM type Using WHLDREXT
WHLDREXT is a dependent type To understand how all subtypes of WHPROCES relate to other types, see the process models in “Relationships Among Metadata Types”
on page 53
For details about reading process information, see “Reading Process Flow Metadata”
on page 62
WHLDRIMF
Metadata type for InfoMart file load processes
Category: Process Types—Load
Parent
“WHPRCLDR” on page 207 Overview
WHLDRIMF models the metadata for information mart file (InfoMart file) load processes in the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Process Editor Here is one way to add InfoMart file load processes in SAS/Warehouse Administrator:
1 In the Explorer, select an information mart file with the right mouse button