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Generate and maintain a
metadata database with search capabilities.
%metadata (source = source datasets,
metadb = metadata database library,
search = search criteria,
task
= database management tasks,
output = output report);
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Where |
Is Type... |
And represents... |
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source | C
(200) | A two
level dataset name specification in the form of libname.dataname.
If only a one level libname is specified, all the data in that libname
will be selected. |
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metadb | C
(200) |
A two level dataset name
specification in the form of libname.dataname. This is the
dataset storing the meta data database. If left blank, it will be
the same location as source with the data name of metadb. If only
the libname is specified, it will store it in the metadb dataset at that
location. |
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search |
C (20) |
Open text search criteria used in
locating information in the metadata database. |
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task | C
(200) |
The following tasks are applied from the
source data to the metadata database. The tasks include: |
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output | C
(200 optional) |
The location of the output HTML
report of the metadata database. An example is metadb.html. | Details
The metadata utility capture all the
metadata that is captured in PROC CONTENTS. This includes all the
dataset level attributes and variable attributes. It stores this
information in a centralized metadata database specified by the metadb
parameter. The metadata database will track data unique to each
libname location so even if the same data exists in different libnames,
they will be stored separately in the database.
The search criteria can be applied to capture
when an open text criteria. If the text search is case in-sensitive
and can match any of the attributes stored in the metadata database.
A report can also be created documenting the metadata of all the data
stored in the metadata database. This will have an index of all the
data at the top with hyperlinks to the detail variable attributes. Example %metadata (source = inlib.ae,
metadb= outlib.metadb,
search=adverse);
%metadata (source = inlib,
metadb= outlib.metadb);
%metadata (metadb= outlib.metadb,
output=c:\output\metadb.html);
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