Problem Note 41503: PROC METALIB might not accurately report the correct number of tables analyzed
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If you specify both the PREFIX and FOLDER statements in the METALIB procedure and the name of at least one table in the library being analyzed begins with the same characters you specify as the PREFIX value, PROC METALIB will fail to report the correct number of tables analyzed in the printed output. For example, if your library has one table called MAY_REPORT and you submit the following PROC METALIB step:
the procedure will report that 0 tables were analyzed:
Also, if you have specified the TracingLevel (TL) option on your PROC METALIB statement, you might see return code of -3 reported in your log:
Note that PROC METALIB does actually correctly analyze the tables and update the metadata, so the messages are misleading.
To circumvent the problem, either do not specify the PREFIX statement or modify the value of the PREFIX so the character sequence is different from the names of any tables in the library.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Metadata Server | z/OS | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.21 | 9.3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||