The SAS type
dictionary is a set of object type definitions that describe the common
and shared objects that are used by SAS applications. A type definition
is metadata that is represented in the SAS Metadata Repository by
an object of the TypeDefinition metadata type. To determine the object
types that are in the SAS type dictionary, view the dictionary in
the SAS Folders tree. The type definitions are in the
/System/Types folder.
The type definition
contains information that is necessary to display and operate on instances
of that object type in a SAS application. For example, instead of
describing the content of an object (like a table’s columns,
indexes, and keys), the type definition defines the icon that is used
to represent the object type in a SAS application, the metadata template
that is used to retrieve the object’s logical metadata definition,
the type of object that should contain the object in the Folders tree
(folder or other object), and the classes used to provide copy, paste,
move, delete, import, and export functionality for the object.
Note: Not all object types support
import and export. And, not all object types appear in the Folders
tree.