Converting Metadata for Environments and Warehouses

Inspecting the Pathname for the Old Environment

In the metadata for the Warehouse Environment to be converted, the physical path for the metadata repository might be entered as a relative pathname. That is, the path for the metadata library _MASTER can be entered with a pathname such as .\Project-1\_env rather than a fully qualified pathname such as D:\Dw_projects\Project-1\_env . In order for the Metadata Conversion wizard to handle relative pathnames properly, start SAS in a directory that will resolve the pathname to the metadata library _MASTER .

For example, suppose that the pathname for a particular Warehouse Environment is .\Project-1\_env . To resolve this relative pathname, the current directory shown at the lower right of the SAS window would have to be the parent directory for the Project-1 directory.

Before running the Metadata Conversion wizard, inspect the pathname of the Warehouse Environment that you want to convert. Here is one way to do that.

Using the old version of SAS that was used to create the Warehouse Environment to be converted, start SAS/Warehouse Administrator as if you were going to work with that Environment.

The icon for the Environment to be converted should appear on the desktop.
Position the cursor on the Environment, click the right mouse button and select Properties.

The Data Warehouse Environment Properties window displays.
Inspect the pathname in the Path field.

If the pathname in an Environment Path field is a relative path, when using the Metadata Conversion wizard, start SAS in a directory that will resolve the pathname to the metadata library _MASTER .

If the pathname in an Environment Path field is a fully qualified path, when using the Metadata Conversion wizard, you can start SAS in any convenient directory.

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