SAS/Warehouse Administrator 2.3 Metadata API- P35

SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata API- P35: 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 WHLDRMDB 167 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 WHLDRLDT WHLDRLDT is valid for the following metadata API write methods Add Update Delete No Yes No WHLDRLDT 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. WHLDRMDB Metadata type for SAS MDDB load processes Category Process Types Load Parent WHPRCLDR on page 207 Overview WHLDRMDB models the metadata for SAS MDDB multidimensional database load processes in the SAS Warehouse Administrator Process Editor. Here is one way to add an MDDB load process in SAS Warehouse Administrator 1 In the Explorer select an MDDB with the right mouse button. 2 Select Process from the pop-up menu. 3 In the Process Editor select the MDDB 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 WHLDRMDB and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. 168 WHLDRMDB A Chapter 3 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 method. .