Summary Table of IOMI Flags

The following table lists the flags that are supported for the metadata access methods:

Flags Supported in IOMI Methods

Flag name	Numeric Indicator	Method	Description
OMI_ALL	1	GetMetadata GetRepositories GetTypeProperties	In GetMetadata, gets all of the properties of the requested object. This includes all of the attributes that are documented for the requested metadata type in its Attributes table, and all of the associations that are documented in the Associations table, whether they have values stored for them or not. The results include both unique and inherited properties. If the returned XML stream includes references to any associated objects, then GetMetadata returns only general, identifying information for the associated objects. In GetRepositories, gets information about repository location, format, type, and availability in addition to listing the repositories. In GetTypeProperties, gets a description of the supported value for each property.
OMI_ALL_DESCENDANTS	64	GetSubtypes	Gets the descendants of the returned subtypes and the subtypes.
OMI_ALL_SIMPLE	8	GetMetadata	Gets all of the attributes of the requested object.
OMI_DELETE	32	DeleteMetadata	Deletes the contents of a repository and the repository's registration.
OMI_DEPENDENCY_USED_BY	16384	GetMetadata GetMetadataObjects	When issued in GetMetadata, specifies to include associations to objects that exist in project repositories in the method results. When issued in GetMetadataObjects, specifies to include objects from all project repositories in the method results.
OMI_DEPENDENCY_USES	8192	GetMetadataObjects	Specifies to include associations to objects from all production repositories (the foundation repository and all custom repositories) in the method results.
OMI_FULL_OBJECT	2	GetMetadata	Instructs the SAS Metadata Server to use a type definition from the SAS type dictionary to expand the object's definition, if a type definition exists.
OMI_GET_METADATA	256	GetMetadataObjects	Executes a GetMetadata call for each object that is returned by the GetMetadataObjects method.
OMI_IGNORE_NOTFOUND	134217728	DeleteMetadata UpdateMetadata	Prevents a Delete or Update operation from being aborted when a request specifies to delete or update an object that does not exist.
OMI_INCLUDE_SUBTYPES	16	GetMetadata GetMetadataObjects	Gets specified properties for metadata objects that are subtypes of the specified metadata type and the specified object. In GetMetadata, this flag must be used with at least one template and the OMI_TEMPLATE flag.
OMI_LOCK	32768	GetMetadata	Locks the specified object and any associated objects selected by GetMetadata flags and options from update by everyone except the caller.
OMI_MATCH_CASE	512	GetMetadataObjects	Performs a case-sensitive search that is based on criteria specified in the <XMLSELECT> element. The OMI_MATCH_CASE flag must be used with the OMI_XMLSELECT flag.
OMI_NOEXPAND_DUPS	524288	GetMetadata	Modifies OMI_TEMPLATE and OMI_FULL_OBJECT processing so that objects in a template (user-defined or from a type definition) are expanded only once per primary object specified in the INMETADATA parameter.
OMI_NOFORMAT	67108864	GetMetadata	Causes date, time, and datetime values in the output XML stream to be returned as raw SAS date, SAS time, and SAS datetime floating-point values. Without the OMI_NOFORMAT flag, the default US-English locale is used to format the values into recognizable character strings.
OMI_REINIT	2097152	DeleteMetadata	Deletes the contents of a repository, but does not remove the repository's registration from the SAS Repository Manager.
OMI_RETURN_LIST	1024	DeleteMetadata UpdateMetadata	In DeleteMetadata, returns the identifiers of any dependent objects that were deleted or of any subordinate objects that were deleted in the method output, depending on the method's usage. In UpdateMetadata, returns the identifiers of any dependent objects that were deleted by the Update operation in the method output.
OMI_SUCCINCT	2048	GetMetadata GetTypes	In GetMetadata, omits all properties that do not contain a value or that contain a null value. In GetTypes, checks the OPTIONS parameter for a <REPOSID> element, and lists the metadata types of objects that exist in the specified repository. For more information, see Using GetTypes to Get Actual Metadata Types in a Repository.
OMI_TEMPLATE	4	DeleteMetadata GetMetadata	In DeleteMetadata, checks the OPTIONS parameter for user-defined templates that specify which associated objects to delete with the specified metadata object. In GetMetadata, checks the OPTIONS parameter for user-defined templates that define which metadata properties to return. In both methods, the templates are submitted in a <TEMPLATES> element. For more information, see Using Templates.
OMI_TRUNCATE	4194304	DeleteMetadata	Deletes all metadata objects, but does not delete the metadata object containers from a repository or remove the repository's registration from the SAS Repository Manager.
OMI_TRUSTED_CLIENT	268435456	AddMetadata DeleteMetadata UpdateMetadata	Determines whether the client can call this method.
OMI_UNLOCK	131072	GetMetadataUpdateMetadata	Unlocks an object lock that is held by the caller.
OMI_UNLOCK_FORCE	262144	GetMetadataUpdateMetadata	Unlocks an object lock that is held by another user.
OMI_XMLSELECT	128	GetMetadataObjects	Checks the OPTIONS parameter for search criteria that filter the objects that are returned. The search criteria are passed as a search string in an <XMLSELECT> element. For more information, see Filtering a GetMetadataObjects Request.