SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types

WHCOLSCL

Metadata type for statistic columns in summary tables and MDDBs

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Column Types

Parent
Overview
Properties
Using WHCOLSCL

Parent

WHCOLSUM

Overview

WHCOLSCL models the metadata for statistic columns in summary tables and MDDBs in SAS/Warehouse Administrator. To display these columns with the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Explorer:

Select a summary group with the right mouse button.
Select Properties from the pop-up menu.
Go to the Column Roles tab.

The statistic columns in a summary group are shared by all summary tables and MDDBs in the group.

Properties

The following table lists all of the properties for WHCOLSCL and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods.

In the table, you can specify properties with a Yes in the Indirect Add column when you indirectly add one object through another, as described in the documentation for the _UPDATE_METADATA_ method. Use this approach to add a new dependent object. For details, see Using _UPDATE_METADATA_.

You can pass properties with a Yes in the Update column to the _UPDATE_METADATA_ method, as described in the documentation for this method. Use this method to update properties of an existing object. For details, see Using _UPDATE_METADATA_.

* Req indicates that the property is required; you must provide a value for this property when you use a given method. * Default indicates that the system will provide a default value for that property if you do not provide one. * Auto supplied means that the property is automatically supplied; any value that you specify for such a property is ignored.

Properties with a Yes in the Read Method Expand Parm column are valid with the expand parameter of the _GET_METADATA_ method. This method enables you to get detailed metadata about a property and its associated objects through a single method call.

Properties	Type	Indirect Add	Update Method	Read Method Expand Parm.
Alias	C	No	No	No
Cvalue	C	No	No	No
Desc	C	No	No	No
Extended Attributes	L	No	No	Yes
Format	C	No	No	No
Id	C	No	No	No
Indexes	L	No	No	No
Informat	C	No	No	No
Input Objects	L	No	No	No
Input Sources	L	No	No	No
Length	N	No	No	No
Metadata Created	C	No	No	No
Metadata Updated	C	No	No	No
Name	C	No	No	No
Note	L	No	No	Yes
NValue	N	No	No	No
Output Objects	L	No	No	No
Output Targets	L	No	No	No
Statistic Type	C	No	No	No
Summary Role	C	No	No	No
Table	L	No	No	No
Type	C	No	No	No

WHCOLSCL has the following new property:

STATISTIC TYPE: specifies the character string for the type of statistic. For example: SUM, COUNT, AVERAGE, MAX, and MIN.

See WHCOLSUM for a description of the new properties for summary table column types.

Using WHCOLSCL

Add	Update	Delete
No	No	No

WHCOLSCL is a dependent type, like all subtypes of WHCOLUMN. To understand how all subtypes of WHCOLUMN relate to other types, see the column mapping models in Relationships Among Metadata Types.

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