SAS/Warehouse Administrator 2.3 Metadata API- P33

SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata API- P33: 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 WHLDRDTL 157 Source File L Yes Yes Yes Step Source Code L Auto No Yes supplied Subprocesses L Yes Yes Yes Property Dependencies When you add or update the LOAD OPTIONS property if the value of the LOAD TIME COLUMN item is yes then a valid load time column must exist for the table that is associated with this load process to avoid errors when processing the SOURCE CODE and or STEP SOURCE CODE properties. You can add a load time column to a table as described in the documentation for the WHCOLTIM type. Using WHLDRDAT Add Update Delete No Yes No WHLDRDAT 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. WHLDRDTL Metadata type for detail table load processes Category Process Types Load Parent WHPRCLDR on page 207 Overview WHLDRDTL models the metadata for detail table load processes in the SAS Warehouse Administrator Process Editor. Here is one way to add a detail table load process in SAS Warehouse Administrator 1 In the Explorer select a detail 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. 158 WHLDRDTL A Chapter 3 Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHLDRDTL 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 .