CDISC ODM Procedure

METADATAVERSION Statement

Specifies the metadata version and version name that are used by the study.

Requirement:	Required for exporting.
Tip:	You can specify metadata attributes either directly in the METADATAVERSION statement or store them in a SAS data set that you reference in the DATA= argument.

Syntax

Required Arguments

Syntax

METADATAVERSION metadata-attributes | DATA=libref.member-name ;

Required Arguments

metadata-attributes

includes the following syntax, which can be specified directly in the METADATAVERSION statement or stored in a SAS data set that you reference in the DATA= argument:

METADATAVERSIONOID="name": specifies the metadata version that is used by the study. Enclose the name in single or double quotation marks.

Requirement:Required.

NAME="name": specifies a name for the metadata version. Enclose the name in single or double quotation marks.

Requirement:Required

Restriction:You cannot store some metadata attributes in a SAS data set, and also specify other metadata attributes in the METADATAVERSION statement. If you use a SAS data set, you must store all metadata attributes in the SAS data set.

DATA=libref.member-name: specifies the SAS data set that contains the metadata attributes. The libref, which is assigned with the LIBNAME statement, is an alias for the data storage location where member-name is stored.