SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHPROCES 223WHPROCES Base metadata type for processes Category: Process Types Parent “WHROOT” on page 226 Overview WHPROCES is the base type fo
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Properties Type Indirect Add Update Method Read Method
Expand Parm.
Extended Attributes
supplied
Using WHPRCXFR
WHPRCXFR is a dependent type WHPRCXFR has the same usage information as
“WHPROCES” on page 223
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WHPROCES
Base metadata type for processes Category: Process Types
Parent
“WHROOT” on page 226
Overview
WHPROCES is the base type for all process metadata in SAS/Warehouse Administrator
Properties
The following table lists all of the properties for WHPROCES 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.
Extended Attributes
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New properties for WHPROCES are as follows:
ADMINISTRATOR specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the person who is the administrator of the process object The list must be of type WHPERSON or a subtype of WHPERSON
HOST specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the host on which this process is to execute The list must be of type WHHOST or a subtype of WHHOST OWNER
specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the person who owns the process object The list must be of type WHPERSON or a subtype of
WHPERSON
RESPONSIBILITY specifies the character string that indicates who is currently responsible for the
creation of the code that is associated with this process Possible values are SAS or
USER
SASindicates that SAS/Warehouse Administrator is creating this code
dynamically based on the current metadata USER indicates that the user has
written the code for this process and is responsible for it
STEP SOURCE CODE specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the source code of the individual step in the process This source code is the same as is seen when you select
View Code Step
in the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Process Editor
The source code information that is returned here will be that of a temporary, working location of a copy of the source code and therefore might be different for each request for this information
Using WHPROCES
WHPROCES 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
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WHREPLIB
Metadata type for metadata repositories Category: SAS Library Types
Parent
“WHLIBRY” on page 175
Overview
WHREPLIB models metadata repositories in SAS/Warehouse Administrator
SAS/Warehouse Administrator has a partitioned metadata repository scheme Each
warehouse environment has a repository that is named _MASTER Each data warehouse within an environment has a repository that is named _DWMD In SAS/Warehouse Administrator, these repositories are created when the environment or warehouse is created
Properties
The following table lists all of the properties for WHREPLIB 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.
Extended Attributes
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Using WHREPLIB
WHREPLIB is an independent type, like its parent, WHLIBRY To understand how all subtypes of WHLIBRY relate to other types, see the physical storage models in
“Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53
For a general discussion of metadata repositories, see “Metadata Repositories” on page 10
WHROOT
Root type for all SAS/Warehouse Administrator metadata types Category: Root Metadata Type—SAS/Warehouse Administrator
Parent
SASHELP.FSP.OBJECT
Overview
WHROOT is the root for all metadata types in SAS/Warehouse Administrator
Properties
New properties for WHROOT are as follows:
CVALUE indicates the 40-character string that a site can use to extend the metadata that is maintained by SAS/Warehouse Administrator Use it for site-specific character metadata