DATA Step Functions for Reading and Writing Metadata

METADATA_SETATTR Function

Sets the specified attribute for the specified object.

rc = METADATA_SETATTR(uri, attr, value);

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

Return Values

Value	Description
0	Successful completion
-1	Unable to connect to the metadata server
-2	Unable to set the attribute
-3	No objects match the URI

Example

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

data _null_;
    rc=metadata_setattr("omsobj:Machine?@Name='bluedog'",
                        "Desc",
                        "My New Description");
    put rc=; 
run;

Related Functions

METADATA_GETATTR Function
METADATA_GETNATR Function

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