SAS Data Integration Studio P25:This manual is a companion to the online Help for SAS Data Integration Studio. The Help describes all windows in SAS Data Integration Studio, and it summarizes the main tasks that you can perform with the software. The Help includes examples for all source designer wizards, all target designer wizards, and all transformation templates in the Process Library tree. | Main Tasks for Users A Checking In Metadata 115 Task Summary 1 On the SAS Data Integration Studio desktop click the Inventory tab or the Custom tab. The appropriate tree displays. 2 Open the folder for the kind of metadata that you want to check out such as the Tables folder for tables in the Inventory tree. 3 Right-click the metadata that you want to check out and select Change-Management Check Out. You can also left-click the metadata that you want to check out then go the drop-down menu and select Project Check Out. The metadata is checked out and displays in the Project tree. Next Tasks After you have checked out metadata to the Project tree you can update it. After you have finished any updates you can check in the metadata to the change-managed repository. Checking In Metadata Preparation When you are finished working with all of the metadata that is displayed in the Project tree use the check-in feature to store the objects in the change-managed repository. Note A check-in operation checks in all metadata objects that are in the Project tree. You cannot check in selected objects and leave other objects in the Project tree. a Accordingly you might find it convenient to work with small sets of related objects in the Project tree. Task Summary 1 On the SAS Data Integration Studio desktop click the Project tab. The Project tree displays. 2 Right-click the project repository icon and select Check In Repository. You can also left-click the project repository icon open the drop-down menu and select Project Check In Repository. The Check In window displays. 3 Enter meaningful comments in the Name field and perhaps in the Description field about the changes that were made to all of the objects that you are about to check in. The text entered here becomes part of the check in check out history for all objects that you are checking in. If you do not enter meaningful comments the check in check out history is less useful. 4 When finished entering comments in the Check .
