SAS/Warehouse Administrator 2.3 Metadata API- P34 pptx

162 WHLDRIMF Chapter 3 2 Select Process from the pop-up menu. 3 In the Process Editor, select the information mart file with the right mouse button. 4 Select Edit Load Step . 5 Enter the process information. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHLDRIMF and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. In the table, you can specify properties with a Ye s 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_” on page 46. You can pass properties with a Ye s 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_” on page 46. * 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 Ye s 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. Administrator L No No No Cvalue C Yes Yes No Desc C * Auto supplied No No Extended Attributes L Yes Yes Yes Host L Yes Yes No Id C * Req * Req No Load Options L Yes Yes No Metadata Created C * Auto supplied No No Metadata Updated C * Auto supplied No No Name C * Auto supplied No No Note L Yes Yes Yes NValue N Yes Yes No SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHLDRINF 163 Output Tables L * Auto supplied No No Owner L No No No Responsibility C * Default Yes No Source Code L No No Yes Source File L Yes Yes Yes Step Source Code L * Auto supplied No Yes Subprocesses L Yes Yes Yes Property Dependencies You can add a load time column to a table as described in the documentation for the WHCOLTIM type. Using WHLDRIMF Add Update Delete No Yes No WHLDRIMF is a dependent type. To understand how all subtypes of WHPROCES relate to other types, see the process models in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53. For details about reading process information, see “Reading Process Flow Metadata” on page 62. WHLDRINF Metadata type for InfoMart item load processes Category: Process Types—Load Parent “WHPRCLDR” on page 207 Overview WHLDRINF models the metadata for information mart item (InfoMart item) load processes in the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Process Editor. Here is one way to add InfoMart item load processes in SAS/Warehouse Administrator: 1 In the Explorer, select an information mart item with the right mouse button. 2 Select Process from the pop-up menu. 3 In the Process Editor, select the information mart item with the right mouse button. 164 WHLDRINF Chapter 3 4 Select Edit Load Step . 5 Enter the process information. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHLDRINF and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. In the table, you can specify properties with a Ye s 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_” on page 46. You can pass properties with a Ye s 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_” on page 46. * 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 Ye s 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. Administrator L No No No Cvalue C Yes Yes No Desc C * Auto supplied No No Extended Attributes L Yes Yes Yes Host L Yes Yes No Id C * Req * Req No Load Options L Yes Yes No Metadata Created C * Auto supplied No No Metadata Updated C * Auto supplied No No Name C * Auto supplied No No Note L Yes Yes Yes NValue N Yes Yes No Output Tables L * Auto supplied No No Owner L No No No SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHLDRLDT 165 Responsibility C * Default Yes No Source Code L No No Yes Source File L Yes Yes Yes Step Source Code L * Auto supplied No Yes Subprocesses L Yes Yes Yes Property Dependencies You can add a load time column to a table as described in the documentation for the WHCOLTIM type. Using WHLDRINF Add Update Delete No Yes No WHLDRINF is a dependent type. To understand how all subtypes of WHPROCES relate to other types, see the process models in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53. For details about reading process information, see “Reading Process Flow Metadata” on page 62. WHLDRLDT Metadata type for detail logical table load processes Category: Process Types—Load Parent “WHPRCLDR” on page 207 Overview WHLDRLDT models the metadata for detail logical table load processes in the SAS/Warehouse Administrator Process Editor. Here is one way to add a detail logical table load process in SAS/Warehouse Administrator: 1 In the Explorer, select a detail logical table with the right mouse button. 2 Select Process from the pop-up menu. 3 In the Process Editor, select the table with the right mouse button. 4 Select Edit Load Step. 5 Enter the process information. 166 WHLDRLDT Chapter 3 Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHLDRLDT and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. In the table, you can specify properties with a Ye s 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_” on page 46. You can pass properties with a Ye s 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_” on page 46. * 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 Ye s 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. Administrator L No No No Cvalue C Yes Yes No Desc C * Auto supplied No No Extended Attributes L Yes Yes Yes Host L Yes Yes No Id C * Req * Req No Load Options L Yes Yes No Metadata Created C * Auto supplied No No Metadata Updated C * Auto supplied No No Name C * Auto supplied No No Note L Yes Yes Yes NValue N Yes Yes No Output Tables L * Auto supplied No No Owner L No No No Responsibility C * Default Yes No Source Code L No No Yes Source File L Yes Yes Yes . Auto supplied No No Metadata Updated C * Auto supplied No No Name C * Auto supplied No No Note L Yes Yes Yes NValue N Yes Yes No SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHLDRINF 1 63 Output Tables. models in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53. For details about reading process information, see “Reading Process Flow Metadata on page 62. WHLDRINF Metadata type for InfoMart item. models in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53. For details about reading process information, see “Reading Process Flow Metadata on page 62. WHLDRLDT Metadata type for detail logical