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.