Metadata API Class

_GET_TYPE_NAME_

Returns metadata type name when it is passed a type ID

Category:

Management Methods

Syntax
Parameters
Details
Example: Get Type Name for WHDETAIL

Syntax

CALL SEND(i_api, '_GET_TYPE_NAME_', l_rc, type_id, type_name);

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
i_api	Class	specifies the passed instance of METAAPI.CLASS. See Using the Metadata API Class.
l_rc	N	specifies the return codes for the method. A nonzero code indicates failure and means that l_rc is an error list identifier. For the error list format, see Error Codes.
type_id	C	specifies the passed type ID of the metadata type for which you want the name. For more information on type ID, see Identifying Metadata.
type_name	C	specifies the returned name of the specified metadata type.

Details

type_id: specifies the passed type ID of the metadata type for which you want the name. For example, SAS/Warehouse Administrator has the WHDETAIL type. If an invalid type ID is passed, the returned type name is set to blank, and a nonzero return code is returned.
type_name: specifies the returned name of the specified metadata type. For example, if you pass the type ID WHDETAIL, the name "Detail Table" would be returned. A blank value is returned if an invalid metadata type name is supplied.

Example: Get Type Name for WHDETAIL

type_id='WHDETAIL';
type_name = _blank_;
                  
call send(i_api,'_GET_TYPE_NAME_',
l_rc,type_id,type_name);
                 
if l_rc = 0 then do; 
                       
   put type_id= type_name=;
              
   end; /* if */  
         
else do;   
           
   msg=getnitemc(l_rc,'MSG',1,1,
   'ERROR: _GET_TYPE_NAME_ Failed.'); 
   list_rc=dellist(l_rc);

   /* Output in log */ 
WHDETAIL=Detail Table

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