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SAS Namespace Types

DataSourceName


Subclass of RelationalSchema


Overview

Represents a data source name (DSN) that is a construct used by the SAS table server to identify a data source definition. A data source definition specifies how to locate and access a data source, including any authentication (such as a user name and password) that a user must supply in order to access the data and any properties used to connect to a particular data source or data sources. By using a DSN, a user can avoid specifying connection parameters to connect to a data source. An administrator can also configure a data source, determine the level of security, and share the DSN with others.

Security Inheritance and Enforcement Rules

The following list of associations is used to determine if this object should inherit access controls from another object (inheritance), or if the association is allowed for the object (enforcement). An association will not be created unless the calling user is authorized to update one or both objects involved in the association. For more information about inheritance and enforcement rules, see the SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.

Attributes

Name Description Type Length
Driver The driver used to implement this DSN.   String 128  
LogicalName The name used to reference this DSN.   String 128  

Inherited Attributes
Name, Id, Desc, MetadataCreated, MetadataUpdated, ChangeState, IsHidden, LockedBy, PublicType, SecTransctxt, 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
ChildDataSources

Partner: ParentDataSources

0 to * The data source names that are nested as part of the root data source name.  DataSourceName
DataSourceConnection

Partner: DataSources

0 to 1 The connection used for this data source name.  Connection
COMConnection
OpenClientConnection
SASClientConnection
TCPIPConnection
DefaultLogin

Partner: DataSources

0 to 1 The default login used by this data source name.  Login
ParentDataSources

Partner: ChildDataSources

0 to * The data source name that act as the parent for this data source name. Note that the hierarchy should not be traversed from this side of the association since this data source name may be part of more than one hierarchy.  DataSourceName

Inherited Associations
AccessControls/Objects, Aliases/AliasFor, AliasFor/Aliases, Changes/Objects, CustomAssociations/OwningObject, DeployedComponents/DataPackages, Documents/Objects, Extensions/OwningObject, ExternalIdentities/OwningObject, FavoritesContainers/Favorites, Groups/Members, Implementors/ImplementedObjects, Keywords/Objects, LocalizedAttributes/AssociatedLocalizedObject, Notes/Objects, PrimaryPropertyGroup/AssociatedObject, Prompts/PromptEnabledObject, Properties/AssociatedObject, PropertySets/OwningObject, ReferencedObjects/AssociatedObjects, ResponsibleParties/Objects, SchemaPackage/Schemas, SourceTransformations/TransformationSources, SpecSourceTransformations/SourceSpecifications, SpecTargetTransformations/TargetSpecifications, TableCollections/CollectionLocations, Tables/TablePackage, TargetTransformations/TransformationTargets, Timestamps/Objects, Trees/Members, TSObjectNamespace/TSObjects, UsedByPackages/UsingPackages, UsedByPrototypes/UsingPrototype, UsingPackages/UsedByPackages, UsingPrototype/UsedByPrototypes, Variables/AssociatedObject

Attribute Details

Driver
     Type:  String 128  

The driver used to implement this DSN.

LogicalName
     Type:  String 128  

The name used to reference this DSN.

Association Details

ChildDataSources
     Cardinality:   0 to *
     Partner:   ParentDataSources

The data source names that are nested as part of the root data source name. 

Associated Types:
DataSourceName

DataSourceConnection
     Cardinality:   0 to 1
     Partner:   DataSources

The connection used for this data source name. 

Associated Types:
Connection, COMConnection, OpenClientConnection, SASClientConnection, TCPIPConnection

DefaultLogin
     Cardinality:   0 to 1
     Partner:   DataSources

The default login used by this data source name. 

Associated Types:
Login

ParentDataSources
     Cardinality:   0 to *
     Partner:   ChildDataSources

The data source name that act as the parent for this data source name. Note that the hierarchy should not be traversed from this side of the association since this data source name may be part of more than one hierarchy. 

Associated Types:
DataSourceName

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