Glossary
- add-in
- a program that adds optional commands and features
to other programs or applications.
- metadata
- descriptive data about data that is stored and
managed in a database, in order to facilitate access to captured and
archived data for further use.
- metadata configuration file
- a file that enables users to specify which SAS
metadata server they want to connect to by default. The connection
to the metadata server enables users to access and run stored processes
and to access SAS data sources on remote computers.
- metadata repository
- a collection of related metadata objects, such
as the metadata for a set of tables and columns that are maintained
by an application.
- metadata server
- a server that provides metadata management services
to one or more client applications.
- SAS data source
- a data file that contains SAS data.
- SAS Enterprise Guide
- a software application with a point-and-click
interface that gives users access to the functionality of many components
of SAS software. Interactive dialog boxes guide users through data
analysis tasks and reporting tasks, and users can easily export the
results of those tasks to other Windows applications or servers. SAS
Enterprise Guide provides access not only to SAS data files, but also
to data that is in a wide variety of other software vendors'
formats and in other operating system formats.
- SAS library
- one or more files that are defined, recognized,
and accessible by SAS, and that are referenced and stored as a unit.
Each file is a member of the library.
- SAS Stored Process
- a SAS program that is stored on a server and defined
in metadata, and which can be executed by client applications. Short
form: stored process.
- SAS task
- a logical process that is executed by a SAS session.
A task can be a procedure, a DATA step, a window, or a supervisor
process.
- SAS variable
- a column in a SAS data set or in a SAS data view.
The data values for each variable describe a single characteristic
for all observations (rows).
- stored process
- See SAS Stored Process
- variable
- See SAS variable
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Last updated: April 27, 2017