SAS/Warehouse Administrator 2.3 Metadata API- P18

SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata API- P18: 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. | 82 WHCOLSCL A Chapter 3 Format C No No No Id C No No No Indexes L No No No Informat C No No No Input Objects L No No No Input Sources L No No No Length N 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 Output Objects L No No No Output Targets L No No No Statistic Type C No No No Summary Role C No No No Table L No No No Type C No No No WHCOLSCL has the following new property STATISTIC TYPE specifies the character string for the type of statistic. For example sum count AVERAGE MAX and MIN. See WHCOLSUM on page 83 for a description of the new properties for summary table column types. Using WHCOLSCL Add Update Delete No No No WHCOLSCL 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. SAS Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types A WHCOLSUM 83 WHCOLSUM Base metadata type for columns in summary tables and MDDBs Category Column Types Parent WHCOLUMN on page 87 Overview WHCOLSUM is a base metadata type for all columns in summary tables and MDDBs in SAS Warehouse Administrator. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHCOLSUM 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. 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 .