The SAS Clinical Standards
Toolkit supports the submission of SAS processes using predefined
metadata files.
These files
are introduced and described in Metadata File Descriptions. The key metadata file that supports
this functionality is the SASReferences file. This SAS data set essentially
identifies all of the key inputs and outputs for any SAS Clinical
Standards Toolkit process. Each unique process can have an associated,
unique SASReferences file. However, the SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit
offers many standardization aids, so more generic SASReferences files
are preferable.