Problem Note 51378: "An error occurred while retrieving metadata" might appear when you open a SAS® Information Map that is based on many tables
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You might see an error that is similar to this one when you attempt to open an information map that is based on many tables:
com.sas.iquery.metadata.MetadataException: An error occurred while retrieving metadata. Caused by: [org.xml.sax.SAXException: An error occurred while retrieving metadata.] Caused by: [com.sas.services.ServiceException: An error occurred while retrieving metadata.] Caused by: [com.sas.metadata.remote.MdException: Error in GetMetadataObjects while parsing Search="@Name='V000018' OR 'V000015'" for SASLibrary: The XMLSELECT options length is invalid.]
For example, you would likely see this error if your information map used 30 or more tables.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Z64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| z/OS | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows Vista | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Linux | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Linux for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3_M2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | ||||
A fix for this issue for Threaded Kernel Metadata Component 9.3_M2 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/I60.html#51378| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Topic: | Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> Information map |
| Date Modified: | 2013-10-21 09:30:56 |
| Date Created: | 2013-10-17 01:49:34 |