Model Usage

Overview of Model Usage Scenarios

This section describes how to use the SAS namespace metadata types to create logical metadata definitions for the most commonly used application entities. It recommends which metadata types to use for the primary and secondary metadata objects. It provides sample XML requests that show how to create the actual metadata objects. These XML requests represent only one way of creating the metadata objects to demonstrate how to use the metadata types. The information is presented in scenarios that describe how to use the metadata types in different situations.

These usage scenarios assume that the user has a general understanding of the submodels of the SAS Metadata Model. For more information about these submodels, see SAS Namespace Submodels.

Creating Metadata for Business Information describes the metadata types that are used to describe people and documents.
Creating Metadata for a Cube describes the metadata types that are used to represent a cube.
Creating Metadata That Represents a DBMS describes the metadata types that represent DBMSs, database schemas, and the metadata types that are used to represent SAS access to DBMS information.
Creating Metadata That Maps Data describes how to create metadata that maps a table to another table or splits one table into two tables.
Creating a Prototype describes how to create a prototype.
Creating Metadata for a SAS Library describes the metadata types that are used to define a SAS library.
Creating Metadata for Tables, Columns, and Keys describes how to create metadata for tables, columns, and relational keys.
Creating Metadata for a SAS/SHARE Server describes how to use the metadata types that represent information about a software deployment; in other words, information about how to run and access installed software and the resources (files and data) that the software can access.
Creating Metadata for a Stored Process describes how to define a stored process and how to define parameters for the stored process using PropertyGroups.
Creating Metadata for a SAS Workspace Server describes how to define a SAS Integration Technologies Workspace Server using metadata types from the Software Deployment submodel. This scenario includes information about creating a prototype for the server using the Property submodel.

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