Overview of Data Sources
Data sources are prototype
tables and data tables that reside in the SAS Metadata Repository
and are used by SAS Model Manager. You can view all registered data
sources in SAS Model Manager by clicking the Data Sources perspective 
button.
button.
You can
use prototype tables to import the input and output variables that
SAS Model Manager uses to define projects. SAS Model Manager does
not use any data in a prototype table except for the variable definitions.
Data tables contain the data that you use to train or validate models,
test models, and create reports that monitor the performance of a
champion model in production.
If you use prototype tables to define
project input and output variables, the tables must be registered
as data sources in SAS Management Console before you create a project.
Note: An alternative to
using prototype tables to define the project input and output variables
is to copy the variables from the champion model when you declare
a default version or to modify the project definition. For more information,
see The Default Version for a Project and Modify Project Definition.
Use the following data
tables to train or validate models, test models, and create monitoring
reports:
The scoring task input
table and the scoring task output table must be registered as data
sources before you create a scoring task.
Tables can be registered only by a user who has Write
access to the SAS Metadata Repository. After you create a table, it
must be registered in the SAS Metadata Repository using SAS Management
Console.
