Managing Stored Process Metadata

Registering the Stored Process Metadata

After you write the stored process and define or choose a server, you must register the metadata by using the New Stored Process Wizard in SAS Management Console. (SAS Enterprise Guide users can perform the same steps within the SAS Enterprise Guide application.) The New Stored Process Wizard can be used to create new stored processes, or you can use the Stored Process Properties dialog box in SAS Management Console to modify existing stored processes. You can specify and manage the following information for stored processes:

Folder

specifies the metadata location where the stored process is registered. The folders are defined in metadata and do not correspond to any physical location. The folder hierarchies that are used for stored processes can also hold other objects such as SAS reports, information maps, and administrative metadata. You can create and modify folders using SAS Management Console.

Name

specifies the stored process name, which acts as both a display label and as part of the URI for the stored process.

Description

specifies an optional text description of the stored process.

Keywords

specifies an optional list of keywords to associate with the stored process. Keywords are arbitrary text strings that are typically used for searching or to indicate specific capabilities. For example, the keyword XMLA Web Service is used to indicate a stored process that can be executed by SAS BI Web Services by using the XMLA calling convention.

Responsibilities

specifies one or more users who are responsible for the stored process. This information is optional.

SAS server

specifies the server that executes the stored process. For more information, see Choosing or Defining a Server.

Source Code Repository and Source File

specifies the directory and source file that contain the stored process. For more information, see Using Source Code Repositories.

Results

specifies the type of output that the stored process can produce. For more information, see Setting Result Capabilities.

Parameters

specifies input parameters or output parameters for the stored process. Parameters are optional. For more information, see Using Input Parameters or Using Output Parameters.

Data Sources and Data Targets

specifies an optional list of data sources and data targets for the stored process. Streams can be used to send data that is too large to be passed in parameters between the client and the executing stored process. Definitions for data sources and data targets can also include an XML schema specification.

Authorization

specifies access controls for the stored process. Currently only the ReadMetadata and WriteMetadata permissions are honored. A user must have ReadMetadata permission to execute the stored process. WriteMetadata permission is required to modify the stored process definition.

You cannot specify authorization information from the New Stored Process Wizard. To specify authorization information, you must open the Stored Process Properties dialog box for an existing stored process.

This metadata is stored on the SAS Metadata Server so that it can be accessed by client applications. For more information about using the New Stored Process Wizard or the Stored Process Properties dialog box to create and maintain the metadata defining a stored process, see the Help in SAS Management Console.

Note: Starting with SAS 9.2, you can register and modify the metadata for stored processes programmatically by using a Java API. [cautionend]

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