SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types

WHOBJECT

Base metadata type for SAS/Warehouse Administrator objects

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Object Types

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Overview
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Using WHOBJECT

Parent

WHROOT

Overview

WHOBJECT is the base metadata type for SAS/Warehouse Administrator objects. You can view most of these objects in both the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Explorer and the Process Editor. You can view Types WHEFILE, WHODTTBL, and the children of WHTBLPRC only in the Process Editor.

Properties

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

In the table, you can pass properties with a Yes in the Add column to the _ADD_METADATA_ method. Use this method to add a new object.

You can pass properties with a Yes in the Update column to the _UPDATE_METADATA_ method. Use this method to update properties of an existing object.

* 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.

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	Add Method	Update Method	Read Method Expand Parm.
Administrator	L	No	No	No
Cvalue	C	No	No	No
Desc	C	No	No	No
Extended Attributes	L	No	No	Yes
Group	L	No	No	No
Icon	C	No	No	No
Id	C	No	No	No
Members	L	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
Owner	L	No	No	No

New properties for WHOBJECT are as follows:

ADMINISTRATOR

specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the person who is the administrator of the object. The list must be of type WHPERSON or a subtype of WHPERSON.

GROUP

specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the groups to which this object belongs.

Note: If you pass the GROUP property to the _ADD_METADATA_ method, the object you add will only be added to the first group in the list. [cautionend]

ICON

specifies the four-level catalog entry name (such as libref.catalog.entry.IMAGE) of the icon that is associated with this object. For more information about icons, see Using Icon Information.

MEMBERS

specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the members of this object. This member list is closely related to the hierarchy that is depicted in the metadata views in SAS/Warehouse Administrator Explorer.

OWNER

specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the person who owns the object. The list must be of type WHPERSON or a subtype of WHPERSON.

Using WHOBJECT

Add	Update	Delete
No	No	No

WHOBJECT is not used to read or write metadata in a repository. It is a template for all SAS/Warehouse Administrator Explorer objects. WHOBJECT is an independent type.

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