Maintaining Environments

Example: Creating a Local Warehouse Environment

This example summarizes how to create a local Warehouse Environment--an Environment whose metadata repository is stored on the SAS/Warehouse Administrator host. The following explanations describe the metadata and methods used to achieve the desired results.

Define Warehouse Environment Properties

If you have not done so already, display the SAS/Warehouse Administrator desktop. Run SAS on a machine where SAS/Warehouse Administrator has been installed. Type dw on the SAS command line, and press RETURN.

The following display illustrates a SAS/Warehouse Administrator desktop that has no Warehouse Environments defined:

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Position the cursor on an empty area on the desktop, click the right mouse button, select Add Item, and then Data Warehouse Environment. A properties window for the Environment displays as seen in the following display. Enter the appropriate information as follows:

Path	specify the physical path where the Environment's metadata repository (_MASTER) will be stored.

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The Path field in this example contains a relative pathname that is appropriate for a SAS library on a PC (.\toystore_1\_env ). For details about specifying pathnames, see Specifying Physical Pathnames in SAS/Warehouse Administrator.

The Engine and Options fields can be left blank. After specifying a path, click OK.

If you are creating a new Environment, you will be prompted to enter a Name and a Description. After specifying a name and description, click OK. The new Environment is added to the SAS/Warehouse Administrator desktop.

The following display illustrates a SAS/Warehouse Administrator desktop that has the Toy Store Environment defined:

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You are now finished defining the properties for this Environment. To ensure that you can start SAS using a configuration file and an autoexec file that are appropriate for this Environment, see Creating a Start Method for an Environment.

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