An administrator uses the REPORT statement to identify any inconsistencies between a physical metadata-bound library and its corresponding metadata objects.

In order to use the REPORT statement, you must meet the following criteria:

The REPORT statement is used to report any inconsistencies between the physical library contents and the corresponding metadata objects.

Inconsistencies between the metadata security information in the physical directory, data sets, the secured library, and secured table objects might occur if the metadata or the operating system files are manipulated using nonstandard SAS processing. For example, an operating system data set copied from one directory into a metadata-bound library directory using an operating system copy utility will not have the appropriate security information for that metadata-bound library. Another example is that an administrator might mistakenly delete a secured library or secured table object using SAS Management Console.

The REPORT statement reports the secured table and metadata-bound library security information for each data set in the operating system directory of the library. This data set information is grouped by the metadata-bound library attributes that all the data sets share. If any data sets in the physical library are correctly registered to the secured library object for the library and have the required passwords, those data sets and attributes will be listed as the first grouping in the report. Subsequent groupings are for data sets with either passwords that differ from the metadata-bound library passwords or whose metadata-bound library security information does not match the metadata-bound library location registered for the operating system directory.