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.

For metadata requirements, see Overview of Metadata Requirements.

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