Databases Reference
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If you leave the
Name
field blank, the file is identified by its path.
10
Click
Finish
to save the metadata and exit the wizard.
View the External File Metadata
After you have generated the metadata for an external file, you can use SAS Data
Integration Studio to view (and possibly make changes to) that metadata. For example,
you might want to remove a column from a table or change the data type of a column.
Any changes that you make to this metadata will not affect the physical data in the
external file. However, the changes will affect the data that is surfaced when the
external table is used in SAS Data Integration Studio. Follow these steps to view or
update external file metadata:
1
In the Project tree, right-click the icon for the Employee Account Data file and
select
Properties
from the pop-up menu. Then, select the
Columns
tab. The
Employee Account Data Properties window displays, as shown in the following
display.
Display 8.17
Employee Account Data Properties Window
2
Use the tabs in this window to view or update the external file metadata. (Each
tab has its own
Help
button.)
3
Click
OK
to save any changes and close the properties window.
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