SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHTFILE 267 WHTFILE Base metadata type for text files Category: Text File Types Parent “WHROOT” on page 226 Overview WHTFILE is the base metadata type for text files in SAS/Warehouse Administrator. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHTFILE and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. In the table, you can pass properties with a Ye s 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. Cvalue C No No No Desc C No No No Extended Attributes LNoNo Yes 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 268 WHTXTCAT Chapter 3 Using WHTFILE Add Update Delete No No No WHTFILE is a dependent type. To understand how all subtypes of WHTFILE relate to other types, see the process model in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53. WHTXTCAT Base metadata type for SAS catalog entry text files Category: Text File Types Parent “WHTFILE” on page 267 Overview WHTXTCAT is the base metadata type for SAS catalog entry text files in SAS/Warehouse Administrator. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHTXTCAT and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. In the table, you can pass properties with a Ye s in the Add column to the _ADD_METADATA_ method. Use this method to add a new object. You can pass properties with a Ye s 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. Cvalue C No No No Desc C No No No Entry C No No No SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHTXTFIL 269 Extended Attributes LNoNo Yes Full Entry C No No No Id C No No No Library L 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 New properties for WHTXTCAT are as follows: ENTRY indicates the three-level name of the catalog entry that contains the text. An example would be source.loadfile.source. FULL ENTRY indicates the four-level name of the catalog entry that contains the text. An example would be libref.source.loadfile.source. LIBRARY specifies an SCL list of general identifying information about the SAS Library (instance of type WHLIBRY) that contains this catalog. Using WHTXTCAT Add Update Delete No No No WHTXTCAT is a dependent type, like all of the subtypes of WHTFILE. To understand how all subtypes of WHTFILE relate to other types, see the process model in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53. WHTXTFIL Base metadata type for external text files Category: Text File Types Parent “WHTFILE” on page 267 270 WHTXTFIL Chapter 3 Overview WHTXTFIL is the base metadata type for external text files in SAS/Warehouse Administrator. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHTXTFIL and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. In the table, you can pass properties with a Ye s in the Add column to the _ADD_METADATA_ method. Use this method to add a new object. You can pass properties with a Ye s 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. Access Method C No No No Cvalue C No No No Desc C No No No Extended Attributes LNoNo Yes Fileref 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 Options L No No No Path L No No No Using WHTXTFIL Add Update Delete No No No SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHTXTFIL 271 WHTXTFIL is a dependent type, like all subtypes of WHTFILE. To understand how all subtypes of WHTFILE relate to other types, see the process model in “Relationships Among Metadata Types” on page 53. . SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHTFILE 26 7 WHTFILE Base metadata type for text files Category: Text File Types Parent “WHROOT” on page 22 6 Overview WHTFILE is the base metadata. Among Metadata Types” on page 53. WHTXTFIL Base metadata type for external text files Category: Text File Types Parent “WHTFILE” on page 26 7 27 0 WHTXTFIL Chapter 3 Overview WHTXTFIL is the base metadata. C No No No SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types WHTXTFIL 26 9 Extended Attributes LNoNo Yes Full Entry C No No No Id C No No No Library L No No No Metadata Created C No No No Metadata Updated