Introduction to the Metadata LIBNAME Engine

What Is Supported?

The metadata engine supports the following features:

Enforces authorizations that are set in the metadata by an administrator.
Processes tables and views from SAS and third-party DBMSs (database management systems) by using an underlying engine. The metadata engine supports only tables and views, and does not support other SAS files such as catalogs.
Applies library and data set options that are set in the metadata by an administrator.
Passes data set options directly to the underlying engine, including SAS file passwords. (If a password is required, but it is not submitted or is incorrect, and you are running interactively, SAS displays a dialog box. You can specify a password that lasts for the duration of the SAS session.)
Supports SQL implicit pass-through.

The DBLOAD procedure and the LOCK statement are not supported.