SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types

WHCOLDAT

Metadata type for Data Table columns

Category:

Column Types

Parent
Overview
Properties
Using WHCOLDAT

Parent

WHCOLUMN

Overview

WHCOLDAT models the metadata for data table columns in SAS/Warehouse Administrator. To display these columns with the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Explorer:

Select a data table with the right mouse button.
Select Properties from the pop-up menu.
Go to the Columns tab.

Properties

The following table lists all of the properties for WHCOLDAT 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.
Cvalue	C	Yes	Yes	No
Desc	C	Yes	Yes	No
Extended Attributes	L	Yes	Yes	Yes
Format	C	Yes	Yes	No
Id	C	* Req	Yes	No
Indexes	L	No	No	No
Informat	C	Yes	Yes	No
Input Objects	L	No	No	No
Input Sources	L	Yes	Yes	No
Length	N	Yes	Yes	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	Yes	Yes	No
Table	L	* Auto supplied	No	No
Type	C	* Req	* Req	No

Using WHCOLDAT

Add	Update	Delete
No	Yes	Yes

WHCOLDAT 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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