SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types

WHSUBJCT

Metadata type for subjects in a warehouse

Category:

Object Types--Explorer

Parent
Overview
Properties
Using WHSUBJCT

Parent

WHOBJECT

Overview

WHSUBJCT models the metadata for a subject in a warehouse that is managed by SAS/Warehouse Administrator. A subject is a grouping element for data that is related to one topic within a data warehouse. Typical subjects might include Products, Sales, and Customers. In SAS/Warehouse Administrator, each subject might be composed of a number of different data collections: SAS data sets, SAS Multidimensional Databases (MDDBs), database tables, charts, reports, or graphs.

To add a subject with the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Explorer:

Select a warehouse with the right mouse button.
Select Add Item Subject
Select the subject with the right mouse button.
Select Properties.
Enter the subject information.

Properties

The following table lists all of the properties for WHSUBJCT 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	Yes	Yes	No
Cvalue	C	Yes	Yes	No
Desc	C	Yes	Yes	No
Extended Attributes	L	Yes	Yes	Yes
Group	L	* Req	No	No
Icon	C	Yes	Yes	No
Id	C	* Req	* Req	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
Owner	L	Yes	Yes	No

Using WHSUBJCT

Add	Update	Delete
Yes	Yes	Yes

WHSUBJCT is an independent type, like its parent, WHOBJECT. To understand how all subtypes of WHOBJECT relate to other types, see the general information model in Relationships Among Metadata Types.

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