DATA Step Functions for Reading and Writing Metadata

METADATA_GETATTR Function

Returns the value of the specified attribute for the specified object.

rc = METADATA_GETATTR(uri, attr, value);

Argument	Direction	Description
uri	in	Uniform Resource Identifier
attr	in	Attribute of the metadata object
value	out	Value of the specified attribute

Return Values

Argument	Description
0	Successful completion
-1	Unable to connect to the metadata server
-2	The attribute was not found
-3	No objects match the URI

Example

options metaserver="a123.us.company.com"
	metaport=8561
	metauser="myid"
	metapass="mypassword"
	metarepository="myrepos";

data _null_;

    length name $200
    	   desc $200
    	   modified $100;

    rc=metadata_getattr("omsobj:Machine?@Name='bluedog'","Name",name);
    put rc=;
    put name=;

    rc=metadata_getattr("omsobj:Machine?@Name='bluedog'","Desc",desc);
    put rc=;
    put desc=;

    rc=metadata_getattr("omsobj:Machine?@Name='bluedog'","MetadataUpdated",modified);
    put rc=;
    put modified=;

run;

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