SAS Namespace Types

TypeDefinition

Overview

Reserved for internal use in SAS 9.2. TypeDefinition is used to describe members of the SAS Type Dictionary. A TypeDefinition object contains information used to describe a public object type.

The Notes association will include additional configuration information and a template describing the metadata structure of the public object for objects which are persisted to metadata.

Security Inheritance and Enforcement Rules

The following is a list of associations that are used to determine if this object should inherit access controls from another object (inheritance) or if the association is allowed for the object (enforcement). For more information about inheritance and enforcement rules, see the SAS 9.2 Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.

Trees

Attributes

Name	Description	Type	Length
AllowsChildren	Indicates whether this public type may act as a container for other public objects.	int
ApplicablePermissions	A comma-delimited list of permissions that apply to this logical type.	String	512
ContainerAssociation	The association used to find the container for this public object.	String	64
ContainerType	The container type. This is typically a Folder, but may be different. For example, Columns are contained by PhysicalTable.	String	64
DefaultIcon	Name used by applications to look up icons in sas.icons.jar or at a well-known http address. Individual objects may override this icon to show object state, but some applications may only show the default icon.	String	64
DefaultLocation	A SASDS URL indicating the default or recommended location for objects of this type.	String	256
DefaultUpdatesAllowed	Indicates whether clients are allowed to perform default actions such as copy, move, delete, and rename without a class handler available. The class handler should always be used when available.	int
DefinitionVersion	The version for this type definition. Not to be confused with UsageVersion.	double
JavaClass	Implementation of standard type interface.	String	256
MetadataType	Metadata type used as the "top-level object" for this logical object definition. For example, ClassifierMap is the top-level metadata type for a stored process.	String	64
ResourceTemplate	The SASDS URL for a resource template associated with this public type.	String	256
SupportedObjectVersionMax	The maximum object version supported by this definition.	double
SupportedObjectVersionMin	The minimum object version supported by this definition.	double
TypeName	The value that identifies this public type. Not localized.	String	60

Inherited Attributes
Name Id Desc MetadataCreated MetadataUpdated ChangeState LockedBy PublicType UsageVersion

Associations

= indicates the resident side of an association, or where the association is persisted for cross-repository associations. If no resident side is indicated, this association may not cross repository boundaries.

Name

Cardinality

Description

Associated Types

AssociatedContentType

Partner: TypeDefinitions

0 to 1

Type of content represented by this type definition.

ContentType

Inherited Associations
AccessControls/Objects , Changes/Objects , CustomAssociations/OwningObject , Documents/Objects , Extensions/OwningObject , ExternalIdentities/OwningObject , Groups/Members , Implementors/ImplementedObjects , Keywords/Objects , LocalizedAttributes/AssociatedLocalizedObject , Notes/Objects , PrimaryPropertyGroup/AssociatedObject , Prompts/PromptEnabledObject , Properties/AssociatedObject , PropertySets/OwningObject , ReferencedObjects/AssociatedObjects , ResponsibleParties/Objects , SourceTransformations/TransformationSources , SpecSourceTransformations/SourceSpecifications , SpecTargetTransformations/TargetSpecifications , TargetTransformations/TransformationTargets , Timestamps/Objects , Trees/Members , TSObjectNamespace/TSObjects , UsedByPrototypes/UsingPrototype , UsingPrototype/UsedByPrototypes , Variables/AssociatedObject

Attribute Details

AllowsChildren
     Type: int
Indicates whether this public type may act as a container for other public objects.

ApplicablePermissions
     Type: String 512
A comma-delimited list of permissions that apply to this logical type. The permissions listed here will be the permissions available on the Authorizations tab for this object.

ContainerAssociation
     Type: String 64
The association used to find the container for this public object.

ContainerType
     Type: String 64
The container type. This is typically a Folder, but may be different. For example, Columns are contained by PhysicalTable.

DefaultIcon
     Type: String 64
Name used by applications to look up icons in sas.icons.jar or at a well-known http address. Individual objects may override this icon to show object state, but some applications may only show the default icon.

DefaultLocation
     Type: String 256
A SASDS URL indicating the default or recommended location for objects of this type.

DefaultUpdatesAllowed
     Type: int
Indicates whether clients are allowed to perform default actions such as copy, move, delete, and rename without a class handler available. The class handler should always be used when available.

DefinitionVersion
     Type: double
The version for this type definition. Not to be confused with usage version. The TypeDefinition may change without the UsageVersion changing. UsageVersion refers to how this definition is put together, not the definition itself. The definition version for this logical type definition would correlate to the UsageVersion on a logical object. For example: I have a TypeDefinition for a stored process with a definition version of 1.0 (1000000). The definition would be applied to stored processes with a UsageVersion of 1.0 (1000000).

JavaClass
     Type: String 256
Implementation of standard type interface.

MetadataType
     Type: String 64
Metadata type used as the "top-level-object" for this logical object definition. For example, ClassifierMap is the top-level metadata type for a stored process.

ResourceTemplate
     Type: String 256
The SASDS URL for a resource template associated with this public type.

SupportedObjectVersionMax
     Type: double
The maximum object version supported by this definition.

SupportedObjectVersionMin
     Type: double
TypeDefinitions may support a range of public object versions. This value specifies the minimum version supported by this definition. Applications that need to determine which TypeDefinition to use need to look at the UsageVersion of the public object and find the definition that supports the object.

TypeName
     Type: String 60
Abbreviated type name used in object URI syntax. This is usually the same as the name with any whitespace removed. Not localized. Public objects of this type will use this value in its PublicType attribute. Subtypes are identified using a dot notation; for example, InformationMap.Relational and InformationMap.OLAP. Only the supertype is used in the URI syntax. Subtypes must have the same top-level metadata type.

Association Details

AssociatedContentType
Cardinality: 0 to 1
Partner: TypeDefinitions

Type of content represented by this type definition.

Associated Types:
ContentType

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