SAS/Warehouse Administrator 2.3 Metadata API- P38

SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata API- P38: 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. | 182 WHOBJECT A Chapter 3 user to edit it. rc preview clear rc preview copy libref . entry rc preview edit if rc 0 then do If the user modified the copy save the modifications back to the catalog entry and update the metadata with the new contents. rc preview save libref . entry call send i_api _UPDATE_METADATA_ rc l_note end if rc preview clear Creating Notes To add a note to an object s metadata pass the metadata ID of the object to the _ADD_METADATA_ or _UPDATE_METADATA_ method. In the properties list for these methods the NOTE property must contain the properties list that is expected by the WHNOTE type. If a note already exists for the object that is passed the _UPDATE_METADATA_ method the contents of the existing note will be replaced with the contents of the new note. Note that _ADD_METADATA_ is not valid for the WHNOTE type. WHOBJECT Base metadata type for SAS Warehouse Administrator objects Category Object Types Parent WHROOT on page 226 Overview WHOBJECT is the base metadata type for SAS Warehouse Administrator objects. You can view most of these objects in both the SAS Warehouse Administrator Explorer and the Process Editor. You can view Types WHEFILE WHODTTBL and the children of WHTBLPRC only in the Process Editor. SAS Warehouse Administrator Metadata Types A WHOBJECT 183 Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHOBJECT and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. In the table you can pass properties with a Yes 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 .