SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHOLPMDD 197Property Dependencies Yes see Property Dependencies No Extended Attributes Property Dependencies Yes see Property Dependencies No P
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Property Dependencies)
Yes (see Property Dependencies)
No
Extended
Attributes
Property Dependencies)
Yes (see Property Dependencies)
No
Property Dependencies You must define a CREATING JOB property in order to add any INPUT SOURCES to a table If a table does not have a CREATING JOB property, then you must specify one when you add an input source to the table
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Using WHOLPMDD
WHOLPMDD is an independent type, like its parent, WHOLPSTC
WHOLPSTC
Base metadata type for OLAP tables, groups, and MDDBs
Category: Object Types—Explorer
Parent
“WHTABLE” on page 254
Overview
WHOLPSTC is the base metadata type for OLAP tables, groups, and MDDBs
Properties
The following table lists all of the properties for WHOLPSTC and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods
In the table, you can pass properties with a Yes in the Add column to the
_ADD_METADATA_ method Use this method to add a new object
You can pass properties with a Yes in the Update column to the
_UPDATE_METADATA_ method Use this method to update properties of an existing object
* 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
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 Add Method Update Method Read Method
Expand Parm Access Same As
Physical
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Extended
Attributes
New properties for WHOLPSTC are as follows:
CROSSINGS
specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the crossings that are associated with an OLAP group, table, or MDDB
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CUBE specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the cube that is associated with an OLAP table, group, or MDDB
OLAP Type specifies the character string that contains the type of OLAP configuration that is
being created The valid value for OLAP table is DATA The valid value for OLAP MDDB is MDDB The valid values for OLAP group are HOLAP, ROLAP, MOLAP, and MIXED
Using WHOLPSTC
WHOLPSTC and its children are independent types
WHOLPTBL
Metadata type for OLAP tables
Category: Object Types—Explorer
Parent
“WHOLPSTC” on page 198
Overview
WHOLPTBL replaces the WHSUMTBL metadata type WHOLPTBL models the metadata for OLAP tables in SAS/Warehouse Administrator An OLAP table can be a SAS table or view, or DBMS table or view
To add an OLAP table with the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Explorer:
1 Select an OLAP group with the right mouse button
2 Select Add Item OLAP table
3 Select the table with the right mouse button
4 Select Properties.
5 Enter the OLAP table information
Properties
The following table lists all of the properties for WHOLPTBL and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods
In the table, you can pass properties with a Yes in the Add column to the
_ADD_METADATA_ method Use this method to add a new object
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You can pass properties with a Yes in the Update column to the
_UPDATE_METADATA_ method Use this method to update properties of an existing object
* 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
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
Note: A CREATING JOB property is required if the INPUT SOURCES property is also specified
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Properties Type Add Method Update Method Read Method
Expand Parm Access Same As
Physical
Property Dependencies)
Yes (see Property Dependencies)
No
Extended
Attributes
Property Dependencies)
Yes (see Property Dependencies)
No