SAS/Warehouse Administrator Metadata API- P55: 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 WHTFILE 267 WHTFILE Base metadata type for text files Category Text File Types Parent WHROOT on page 226 Overview WHTFILE is the base metadata type for text files in SAS Warehouse Administrator. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHTFILE 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 Expand Parm column are valid with the expand parameter of the _GET_METADATA_ method. This method enables you to get detailed metadata about a property and its associated objects through a single method call. Properties Type Add Method Update Method Read Method Expand Parm. Cvalue C No No No Desc C No No No Extended L No No Yes Attributes Id C 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 268 WHTXTCAT A Chapter 3 Using WHTFILE Add Update Delete No No No WHTFILE is a dependent type. To understand how all subtypes of WHTFILE relate to other types see the process model in Relationships Among Metadata Types on page 53. WHTXTCAT Base metadata type for SAS catalog entry text files Category Text File Types Parent WHTFILE on page 267 Overview WHTXTCAT is the base metadata type for SAS catalog entry text files in SAS Warehouse Administrator. Properties The following table lists all of the properties for WHTXTCAT and indicates how you can use each property with metadata API methods. In the table
