Specifying Properties for a Data Query
On the Properties tab
in the right pane, you can view or specify the following properties:
Name
displays the name for the data query. The initial value is DataQuery1. You can specify a different name when you save the data query.
Location
displays the metadata folder location for the data query object. The initial value is
/My
Folder. You can specify a different location when you save the data query.
Description
specifies a description of the data query.
Create an SQL query view
specifies to create a view for either the work table or the output table. For more information,
see Create SQL Query Views.
Unique values
specifies whether the SQL keyword DISTINCT is applied to the SELECT statement that
is used to generate the result set for the data query.
Append data
specifies whether the result set for the data query is appended to the output table.
If a staging table is used, then the staging table is replaced with the result set before appending
to the output table.
On the Outputs tab,
you can view or specify the following properties:
Table
specifies the table name for either the staging output or the final output. For more
information, see Specify an Output Table.
Compress data
specifies to compress the output table. For more
information, see Output and Staging Table Interactions.
Location
specifies the metadata folder location to use for registering the staging table metadata or output table metadata. Click 
to select a different location.
to select a different location.
Library
specifies the library to use for the staging table or output table. Click 
to select a different library.
to select a different library.
Partition by
specifies the column to use for partitioning the output table. This property only
applies when the output table is in a SAS LASR Analytic Server library or SASHDAT
library. For more information,
see Distributed Server: Partition Tables.
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