WHPERSON Metadata type for person records Category: Global Metadata Types Parent “WHROOT” on page 226 Overview WHPERSON models the metadata for person records in SAS/Warehouse Administra
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Property Dependencies You must define a CREATING JOB 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
Using WHOLPTBL
WHOLPTBL is an independent type, like its parent, WHOLPSTC
WHPERSON
Metadata type for person records
Category: Global Metadata Types
Parent
“WHROOT” on page 226
Overview
WHPERSON models the metadata for person records in SAS/Warehouse Administrator These records are used to identify owners, administrators, and other people who are responsible for warehouse elements In SAS/Warehouse Administrator, to add a person record to the current environment in the Explorer:
1 Select File Setup from the pull-down menu
2 Select Contacts.
3 Click Add
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4 Enter the person’s information
Properties
The following table lists all of the properties for WHPERSON 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.
Administered
Objects
Extended
Attributes
New properties for WHPERSON are as follows:
ADDRESS
specifies an SCL list of character items that contain the different lines of the person’s address Each item has a maximum length of 200 characters Currently,
a maximum of four lines is supported
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ADMINISTERED OBJECTS specifies an SCL list of the general identifying information about the objects for which this person is designated as the administrator
EMAIL ADDRESS indicates the person’s e-mail address The maximum length of this field is 200 characters
ICON represents the catalog entry name of the associated icon For more information about icons, see “Using Icon Information” on page 69
NAME indicates the maximum 200-character string for the person’s name
OWNED OBJECTS specifies an SCL list of the general identifying information of the objects for which this person is designated as the owner
PHONE specifies an SCL list of character items that contain the different lines of the person’s phone number(s) Each item has a maximum length of 200 characters Currently, a maximum of two lines is supported
TITLE specifies an SCL list of character items that contain the person’s title Each item has a maximum length of 200 characters Currently, a maximum of two lines is supported
Using WHPERSON
WHPERSON is an independent type To understand how it relates to other types, see the general information model in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53
WHPHYSTR
Base metadata type for physical storage objects
Category: Physical Storage Types
Parent
“WHROOT” on page 226
Overview
WHPHYSTR is the base metadata type for physical storage objects in SAS/Warehouse Administrator
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Properties
New properties for WHPHYSTR are as follows:
INDEXES specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the indexes that are defined for this store
LOAD TECHNIQUE specifies the character string that indicates how this table is loaded The current
returned values can be REFRESH, APPEND, or MERGE Note that you can extend this
list over time
TABLE specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the table for which this physical storage definition is used
TABLE NAME indicates the name of the table in the data store
Using WHPHYSTR
WHPHYSTR is a dependent type WHPHYSTR is not used to read or write metadata from a repository See the usage information for its subtypes: WHSASSTR or
WHDBMSST See also the physical storage models in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53
WHPOBJCT
Base metadata type for the Process Editor
Category: Object Types—Process Editor
Parent
“WHROOT” on page 226
Overview
WHPOBJCT is the base metadata type for job process objects
Properties
The following table lists all of the properties for WHPOBJCT 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
Properties Type Add Method Update Method Read Method
Expand Parm.
Extended Attributes
New properties for WHPOBJCT are as follows:
ADMINISTRATOR specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the person who is the administrator of the object The list must be of type WHPERSON or a subtype of WHPERSON When you add a metadata type that includes this property, if a value is not provided, an appropriate value will be copied from the process group if
a value is available
ICON
indicates the four-level catalog entry name (such as libref.catalog.entry.IMAGE) of
the icon that is associated with this object For more information about icons, see
“Using Icon Information” on page 69
OWNER specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the person who owns the object The list must be of type WHPERSON or a subtype of WHPERSON When you add a metadata type that includes this property, if a value is not provided, an appropriate value will be copied from the process group if a value is available