System Options under z/OS

METAPROFILE= System Option: z/OS

Identifies the file that contains the SAS Metadata Server user profiles.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Communications: Metadata
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	META
See:	METAPROFILE= System Option in SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata

Syntax
Syntax Description
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Syntax

METAPROFILE= "XML-document"

Syntax Description

"XML-document": is the UNIX file system pathname or MVS DDNAME of the XML document that contains metadata user profiles for logging on to the SAS Metadata Server. The pathname is the physical location that is recognized by the operating environment. An example referencing a UNIX pathname is metaprofile="/usr/lpp/SAS/metaprofile.xml". An example referencing a DDNAME is metaprofile=METACFG. The maximum length is 1024 characters.

Details

This system option is one of a group of system options that defines the default metadata information to use for the SAS session. Usually these values are set at installation time in the SAS system configuration file.

The XML document defines a list of named connections that contain server connection properties for logging in to the SAS Metadata Server, such as the name of the host computer on which the server is invoked, the TCP port, and the user ID and password of the requesting user. The METACONNECT= system option then specifies which named connection in the user profiles to use.

On z/OS, SAS does not automatically attempt to open metaprofile.xml as it does on other platforms. You must always specify the METAPROFILE option to access a metadata profile configuration.

If you specify a filename on z/OS for the METADATA option that is not more than eight characters long, SAS first checks whether the name refers to a DDNAME. If the name is for a DDNAME, SAS uses the file. If the name is not for a DDNAME, SAS accesses the file as if it is a UNIX file.

To create or edit a metadata user profile, use the Metadata Server Connections dialog box, which you can open by executing the SAS windowing command METACON. For more information about the dialog box, open SAS Help and Documentation from the SAS windowing environment.