DATA Step Functions for Reading and Writing Metadata

METADATA_RESOLVE Function

Resolves a URI into an object on the metadata server.

rc = METADATA_RESOLVE(uri, type, ID);

Argument	Direction	Description
uri	in	Uniform Resource Identifier
type	out	Metadata type
ID	out	Unique identifier for the first object (or subtype object) that matches the input URI

Return Values

Value	Description
n	Number of objects and subtype objects that match the specified URI
0	No objects match the URI
-1	Unable to connect to the metadata server

Examples

Example 1: Using an Object URI

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

data _null_;
    length id $20
	   type $256;
    rc=metadata_resolve("omsobj:Machine?@Name='bluedog'",type,id);
    put rc=;
    put id=;
    put type=;
run;

Example 2: Using a Repository URI

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

data _null_;

    length id $20
	   type $256
	   attr $256
	   value $256;

    rc=metadata_resolve("omsobj:RepositoryBase?@Name='myrepos'",type,id);

    put rc=;
    put id=;
    put type=;
    n=1;
    rc=1;
    do while(rc>=0);

        rc=metadata_getnatr("omsobj:RepositoryBase?@Name='myrepos'",n,attr,value);
        if (rc>=0) then put attr=;
        if (rc>=0) then put value=;
        n=n+1;

    end;
run;

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