Overview of Metadata Locking Options :: SAS(R) 9.3 Open Metadata Interface: Reference and Usage

The SAS Open Metadata Interface enables you to control concurrent access to metadata by multiple users in two ways:

You can perform object-level locking within a repository by setting the SAS Open Metadata Interface OMI_LOCK and OMI_UNLOCK flags.
You can impose a change management process in which objects are locked and checked from a primary repository to a project repository by using the SAS Open Metadata Interface change management facility.

To use these mechanisms, a user must have a registered identity on the SAS Metadata Server. For more information, see the SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.

The change management functionality is implemented in SAS Data Integration Studio. For more information, see the SAS Data Integration Studio documentation.