The SAS Intelligence Platform provides tools that enable you to promote individual
metadata objects or groups of objects from one
metadata server to another, or from one location to another on the same metadata server. You can
also promote the physical files that are associated with the metadata.
The promotion tools
include:
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the Export to SAS Package wizard and the Import from SAS Package wizard, which are
available in SAS Data Integration Studio,
SAS Management Console, and SAS OLAP Cube Studio.
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the batch import tool and the batch
export tool, which enable you to perform promotions on a scheduled
or repeatable basis. These tools provide most of the same capabilities
as the SAS Package import and export wizards. For information about
the batch import tool and the batch export tool, see the "Using the
Promotion Tools" chapter in the SAS Intelligence Platform:
System Administration Guide.
The SAS Package import and export wizards enable you to reuse the metadata for tables,
jobs, and other objects. For example, you can develop a
job in a test environment, export it, and then import the job into a production environment.
These wizards enable you to perform the following tasks:
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export the metadata for one or
more selected objects in a tree view.
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export the metadata for all objects
in one or more selected folders in the Folders tree.
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export access controls that are
associated with exported objects (optional).
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export data, dependent metadata,
and other content that is associated with exported objects (optional).
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change physical paths and other attributes when you import metadata (optional). For
example, you can export the metadata for a SAS table, and upon import, change the
metadata so that it specifies a DBMS table in the
target environment.