What’s New in SAS 9.3 Metadata Model: Reference

Overview

The SAS 9.3 Metadata Model has been modified to enhance modeling of Cubes and mining result output. It also includes new metadata types and attributes for graphical metadata interfaces.

New Metadata Types

  • For Cubes, the new metadata types, CalculatedMember and NamedSet, enable the formula that created the CalculatedMember or NamedSet to be associated with the Dimension, Hierarchy, or Level to which they belong. The metadata types are subtypes of GlobalFormula, which was used to store this information in SAS 9.2.
  • For graphical metadata user interfaces:
    • The new FavoritesContainer metadata type stores links to objects that users mark as favorites in the SAS Folders tree.
    • The new Search metadata type stores search criteria that users select to save for reuse in the SAS Management Console Search tab.

Enhancements to Existing Metadata Types

Six existing metadata types were modified.
  • GlobalFormula has been elevated to an abstract type. Abstract metadata types are not instantiated in a SAS Metadata Repository.
  • The Login metadata type has been re-parented as a PrimaryType subtype. A PrimaryType subtype can be added, updated, secured, and deleted independently of other objects in a SAS Metadata Repository.
  • The lengths of the LogicalColumn metadata type's SASFormat and SASInformat attributes have been increased to support 43 characters instead of 32.
  • An association has been added between the MiningResult and TextStore metadata types. MiningResult has a ResultPMML association to TextStore; TextStore has an OwningMiningResult association to MiningResult.
  • The PrimaryType metadata type has a new attribute, IsHidden. IsHidden is a Boolean value that indicates if the object is visible in metadata user interfaces such as in the SAS Folders tree and on the Search tab.
  • The SoftwareComponent metadata type has a new attribute, ConfigureVersion. ConfigureVersion supports a string that indicates the version of the code in the configuration directory.

Documentation Modifications

  • The documentation for the RepositoryBase metadata type was enhanced to describe new usage of the RepositoryType attribute.
  • The metadata model usage scenarios have been removed.
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