SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types

WHPERSON

Metadata type for person records

Category:

Global Metadata Types

Parent
Overview
Properties
Using WHPERSON

Parent

WHROOT

Overview

WHPERSON models the metadata for person records in SAS/Warehouse Administrator. These records are used to identify owners, administrators, and other people who are responsible for warehouse elements. In SAS/Warehouse Administrator, to add a person record to the current environment in the Explorer:

Select File Setup from the pull-down menu.
Select Contacts.
Click Add.
Enter the person's information.

Properties

The following table lists all of the properties for WHPERSON 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.
Address	L	Yes	Yes	No
Administered Objects	L	No	No	No
Cvalue	C	Yes	Yes	No
Desc	C	Yes	Yes	No
Email Address	C	Yes	Yes	No
Extended Attributes	L	Yes	Yes	Yes
Icon	C	Yes	Yes	No
Id	C	* Req	* Req	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
Owned Objects	L	No	No	No
Phone	L	Yes	Yes	No
Title	L	Yes	Yes	No

New properties for WHPERSON are as follows:

ADDRESS: specifies an SCL list of character items that contain the different lines of the person's address. Each item has a maximum length of 200 characters. Currently, a maximum of four lines is supported.
ADMINISTERED OBJECTS: specifies an SCL list of the general identifying information about the objects for which this person is designated as the administrator.
EMAIL ADDRESS: indicates the person's e-mail address. The maximum length of this field is 200 characters.
ICON: represents the catalog entry name of the associated icon. For more information about icons, see Using Icon Information.
NAME: indicates the maximum 200-character string for the person's name.
OWNED OBJECTS: specifies an SCL list of the general identifying information of the objects for which this person is designated as the owner.
PHONE: specifies an SCL list of character items that contain the different lines of the person's phone number(s). Each item has a maximum length of 200 characters. Currently, a maximum of two lines is supported.
TITLE: specifies an SCL list of character items that contain the person's title. Each item has a maximum length of 200 characters. Currently, a maximum of two lines is supported.

Using WHPERSON

Add	Update	Delete
Yes	Yes	Yes

WHPERSON is an independent type. To understand how it relates to other types, see the general information model in Relationships Among Metadata Types.

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