DATA Step Functions for Reading and Writing Metadata

METADATA_GETPROP Function

Returns the value and Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the specified property for the specified object.

rc = METADATA_GETPROP(uri, prop, value, propuri);

Argument	Direction	Description
uri	in	Uniform Resource Identifier
prop	in	Abstract property string
value	out	Value of the specified property string
propuri	out	URI of the property object that is associated with the input URI

Return Values

Value	Description
0	Successful completion
-1	Unable to connect to the metadata server
-2	Named property is undefined
-3	No objects match the specified URI

Example

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

data _null_;
    length value $200
           propuri $200;
    rc=metadata_getprop("omsobj:Machine?@Name='bluedog'","Property 1",value,propuri);
    if rc=0 then put value= propuri=;
run;

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