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120 Example: Using a Source Designer to Register SAS Tables 4 Chapter 8Example: Using a Source Designer to Register SAS Tables Preparation Suppose that you wanted to create a report that

120 Example: Using a Source Designer to Register SAS Tables 4 Chapter 8

Example: Using a Source Designer to Register SAS Tables

Preparation

Suppose that you wanted to create a report that extracted information from three operational tables: CUSTOMER, ORDERS, and ORDER_ITEM Your first task would

be to register these tables so that they can be included in a job that creates the report Because these tables exist in physical storage, you could use a source designer wizard

to register these tables

Assume that the following preparations have been made:

3 All of the tables are in SAS format and are stored in a SAS library named Ordetail

3 The Ordetail library has been registered in a current metadata repository For details registering libraries, see “Registering Libraries” on page 59

3 You have selected a default SAS application server for SAS Data Integration Studio, as described in “Selecting a Default SAS Application Server” on page 96 This server can access the tables that you want to register

3 The main metadata repository is under change-management control In the current example, after you register the tables, you must check in their metadata For details about change management, see “Working with Change Management”

on page 113

Start SAS Data Integration Studio and Open the Appropriate Metadata Profile

Follow these steps to begin work in SAS Data Integration Studio:

1 Start SAS Data Integration Studio as described in “Starting SAS Data Integration Studio” on page 93

2 Open the appropriate metadata profile as described in “Opening a Metadata Profile” on page 95

You do not need to check out a library in order to add metadata about tables in that library Accordingly, the next task is to select the appropriate source designer

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Select the SAS Source Designer

From the SAS Data Integration Studio menu bar, select Tools I Source Designer.

The Source Designer selection window displays, as shown in the following display

Display 8.1 Source Designer Selection Window

The list of available wizards on your machine might be somewhat different from the list shown in the previous display Only those data formats for which source designer wizards have been installed are available From this window, take the following actions:

1 Click the SAS icon.

2 Click Next.

The wizard tries to open a connection to the default SAS application server If there

is a valid connection to this server, you might be prompted for a user name and a password After you have provide that information, you will be taken directly to the Select a SAS Library window

The next task is to select the library that contains the tables that you want to

register

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Select the Library That Contains the Tables

After you have connected to a SAS application server, use the Select a SAS Library window to specify the SAS library that contains the tables that you want to register For the current example, select the Ordetail library, as shown in the following display

Display 8.2 Select a SAS Library Window

After selecting the appropriate library, click Next The SAS application server

accesses the library, and the Define Tables window displays

The next task is to select the tables that you want to register

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Select the Tables

The following display shows the tables that are stored in the Ordetail library

Display 8.3 Define Tables Window

In this example, we want to create metadata objects for CUSTOMER, ORDERS, and

ORDER_ITEM Accordingly, select these tables and click Next.

The next task is to specify a Custom tree group for the table metadata that you are creating

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Specify a Custom Tree Group

Use the Select Group window to specify a Custom tree group for the table metadata that you are creating A Custom tree group is a folder that you can use to keep similar kinds of metadata together in the Custom tree on the SAS Data Integration Studio desktop

Display 8.4 Select Group Window

For this example, assume that you do not want to specify a user-defined group for

the table Select Foundation and click Next The Wizard Finish window displays.