DATA Step Functions for Reading and Writing Metadata

METADATA_NEWOBJ Function

Creates a new metadata object.

rc = METADATA_NEWOBJ(type, uri<,name><,repos><,parent><,asn>);

Argument	Direction	Description
type	in	Metadata type
uri	out	Uniform Resource Identifier
name	in	Name attribute for the new metadata object
repos	in	Repository identifier of an existing repository; by default, the new object is created in the default repository
parent	out	Parent of the new metadata object
asn	in	Association name

Return Values

Value	Description
0	Successful completion
-1	Unable to connect to the metadata server
-2	Unable to create object; see the SAS log for details

Details

When you create a new metadata object, the object might be unusable if you do not create the proper attributes and associations. For more information, see SAS Metadata Model: Reference.

Example

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

data _null_;
    length uri $256
    	   curi $256;
    rc=0;
    
    /* Create a PhysicalTable object. */

    rc=metadata_newobj("PhysicalTable",
                       uri,
                       "My Table");
    put uri=;

    /* Create a couple of columns on the new PhysicalTable object. */

    rc=metadata_newobj("Column",
                       curi,
                       "Column1",
                       "myrepos",
                       uri,
                       "Columns");
    put curi=;

    rc=metadata_newobj("Column",
                       curi,
                       "Column2",
                       "myrepos",
                       uri,
                       "Columns");
    put curi=;

    rc=metadata_newobj("Column",
                       curi,
                       "Column3",
                       "myrepos",
                       uri,
                       "Columns");
    put curi=;
run;

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