SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types

WHODDTBL

Metadata type for ODDs

Category:

Object Types--Explorer

Parent
Overview
Properties
	Property Dependencies
Using WHODDTBL

Parent

WHTABLE

Overview

WHODDTBL models the metadata for operational data definitions (ODD) in SAS/Warehouse Administrator. An ODD is a SAS data set, SAS view, SAS/ACCESS view descriptor, or SQL view descriptor that identifies an operational data source. In the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Explorer, to add an ODD to an environment:

Select the environment with the right mouse button.
Select Add Item ODD
Select the ODD with the right mouse button.
Enter the ODD information.

Properties

The following table lists all of the properties for WHODDTBL 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.

Note: A CREATING JOB property is required if the INPUT SOURCES property is also specified. [cautionend]

Properties	Type	Add Method	Update Method	Read Method Expand Parm.
Access Same As Physical	N	Yes	Yes	No
Administrator	L	Yes	Yes	No
Columns	L	Yes	Yes	Yes
Creating Job	L	Yes (see Property Dependencies)	Yes (see Property Dependencies)	No
Cvalue	C	Yes	Yes	No
Desc	C	Yes	Yes	No
Extended Attributes	L	Yes	Yes	Yes
Group	L	Yes	Yes	No
Host	L	Yes	Yes	No
Icon	C	Yes	Yes	No
Id	C	* Req	* Req	No
Input Objects	L	No	No	No
Input Sources	L	Yes (see Property Dependencies)	Yes (see Property Dependencies)	No
Library	L	Yes	Yes	No
Members	L	No	No	No
Metadata Created	C	No	No	No
Metadata Updated	C	No	No	No
Name	C	* Default	Yes	No
Note	L	Yes	Yes	Yes
NValue	N	Yes	Yes	No
Output Objects	L	No	No	No
Output Targets	L	* Req	No	No
Owner	L	Yes	Yes	No
Physical Storage	L	Yes	Yes	Yes
Process	L	Yes	Yes	Yes
Table Name	C	Yes	Yes	No
Using Jobs	L	No	No	No

Property Dependencies

You must define a CREATING JOB property in order to add any INPUT SOURCES to a table. If a table does not have a CREATING JOB property, then you must specify one when you add an input source to the table.

Using WHODDTBL

Add	Update	Delete
Yes	Yes	Yes

WHODDTBL is an independent type, like its parent, WHTABLE. To understand how all subtypes of WHTABLE relate to other types, see the models in Relationships Among Metadata Types.

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