You can
access the properties window for the table and change the settings
on the appropriate tab of the window. The following tabs are available
on properties windows for tables:
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File Location (not available for
user-written external files)
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Use the
properties window for an external file to view or update the metadata
for its columns, file locations, file parameters, and other attributes.
You can right-click an external file in any of the trees on the SAS
Data Integration Studio desktop or in the
Job Editor window. Then, click
Properties to access
its properties window.
Note that
any updates that you make to an external file change the physical
external file when you run a job that contains the file. These changes
can have the following consequences for any jobs that use the external
file:
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Changes, additions, or deletions
to column metadata are reflected in all of the jobs that include the
external file.
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Changes to column metadata often
affect mappings. Therefore, you might need to remap your columns.
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Changes to file locations, file
parameters, and parameters affect the physical external file and are
reflected in any job that the includes the external file.
You can
use the impact analysis and reverse impact tools in SAS Data Integration
Studio to estimate the impact of these updates on your existing jobs.