SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types

WHPOBJCT

Base metadata type for the Process Editor

Category:

Object Types--Process Editor

Parent
Overview
Properties
Using WHPOBJCT

Parent

WHROOT

Overview

WHPOBJCT is the base metadata type for job process objects.

Properties

The following table lists all of the properties for WHPOBJCT 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
Icon	C	No	No	No
Id	C	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
Process Groups	L	No	No	No
Process Members	L	No	No	No

New properties for WHPOBJCT 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. When you add a metadata type that includes this property, if a value is not provided, an appropriate value will be copied from the process group if a value is available.
ICON: indicates 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.
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. When you add a metadata type that includes this property, if a value is not provided, an appropriate value will be copied from the process group if a value is available.
PROCESS GROUPS: specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the process groups to which this object belongs. This list must be of type WHDW, WHDWENV, WHGRPJOB, or a subtype of those. A process object cannot be a member of more than one PROCESS GROUP. At least one group is required.
PROCESS MEMBERS: specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the process members that belong to this object.

Using WHPOBJCT

Add	Update	Delete
No	No	No

WHPOBJCT is an independent type. WHPOBJCT is not used to read or write metadata in a repository.

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