SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata API- P17: The operating system and SAS version that are associated with a given host are now available through the WHHOST property. For example, you can write a SAS/Warehouse Administrator add-in that reads the host metadata that is associated with a given data store and then uses these values to generate code that is appropriate for the operating system and SAS version. | SAS Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types A WHCOLODD 77 NValue N Yes Yes No Output Objects L No No No Output Targets L Yes Yes No Table L Auto No No supplied Type C Req Req No Using WHCOLDTL Add Update Delete No Yes Yes WHCOLDTL 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 on page 53. WHCOLODD Metadata type for ODD columns Category Column Types Parent WHCOLUMN on page 87 Overview WHCOLODD models the metadata for operational data definition ODD table columns in SAS Warehouse Administrator. To display these columns with the SAS Warehouse Administrator Explorer 1 Select an ODD with the right mouse button. 2 Select Properties from the pop-up menu. 3 Go to the Columns tab. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHCOLODD 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_ on page 46. 78 WHCOLODD A Chapter 3 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_ 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 Yes in the Read Method Expand Parm column are valid with the expand parameter of the _GET_METADATA_ .
