Reference to Metadata Objects for the Metadata Engine

Diagrams of the SAS Metadata Model

The metadata engine uses the SAS Metadata Model as a framework and a common format for metadata modeling. For the metadata engine to access metadata objects that are stored in a SAS Metadata Repository, the library metadata must be configured so that the metadata engine can process it.

The metadata engine supports the following models:

Relational DBMS Model	models a DBMS library, which uses a DBMS SAS/ACCESS engine.
SAS Data Set Model	models a Base SAS library, which uses a Base SAS engine.
Remote Relational DBMS Model	models a remote DBMS library, which uses a SAS/ACCESS engine and the REMOTE engine.
Remote SAS Data Set Model	models a remote Base SAS library, which uses a Base SAS engine and the REMOTE engine.

The following diagrams illustrate the associations between related metadata types in each supported model. The purpose of the diagrams is to help you understand the relationships among the metadata types in the SAS metadata model.

Relational DBMS Model

[relational DBMS model]

SAS Data Set Model

[SAS data set model]

Remote Relational DBMS Model

[remote relational DBMS model]

Remote SAS Data Set Model

[remote SAS data set model]

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