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The Multidimensional Data Provider uses a set of metadata that describes where each component of a logical data group is located and what it contains. You use the Distributed Multidimensional Metadata facility to define data groups and servers.
To invoke the Distributed Multidimensional Metadata facility, invoke SAS/EIS and select Metabase from the EIS Main Menu. When the Metabase window appears, select from the menu bar
Edit | Distributed Multidimensional Metadata |
MDMDDB
command to open the Distributed
Multidimensional Metadata window.
Note: Alternatively, you can use the experimental MDP
Metadata Batch
Utility to define or to modify your multidimensional metadata, as described
in Technical Support Document TS596. For details on using this utility, download
the document from the SAS Institute Technical Support home page.
Store your MDP metadata in a repository. To manage your repositories,
select [Add] and [Delete] in the Distributed
Multidimensional Metadata window. To define the MDP metadata for a given
repository, select the repository and then select [Edit]. For
more detailed information on managing your repositories, see online Help
for the Repository Manager command (REPOSMGR
).
Data Groups |
The following steps describe the process that you use to create and modify data groups.
Note: Refer to online Help for the _write method of sashelp.mddb.mddb_m.class
for details on the SASSFIO naming conventions.
A subtable (or aggregation level) is defined by the combination of class variables it represents. Select a subtable in the list and then select [Edit].
If a subtable exists in more than one data source, use the Weight attribute to establish which subtable should be used. The lowest value takes precedence. For non-MDDB data sources with multiple subtables, each subtable is identified by the value of an identification variable (for example, _TYPE_ for PROC SUMMARY output data sets). Select the Classes tab to define or verify the combination of class variables for the subtable.
When you add or edit a Class, you can specify a subset for that class. For example, you can select MONTH and then select [Edit/Subset] to display the Define Class window.
You can subset each class variable by value, which enables you to split summary pyramids vertically (for example, you can store the summarized data for each year in a separate file). Note that any subset specified is automatically applied to every occurrence of the given class variable in every subtable of that data source.
Servers |
MDP server definitions are referenced by individual data sources. An MDP server definition is required if data sources reside on non-local machines. Please note that data sources can only use MDP server definitions that reside within the same repository.
In addition to the SAS/CONNECT required information on a server, MDP server definitions define how to distribute processing load and enable you to specify additional processing instructions. You can define more than one MDP server on the same SAS/CONNECT server. The following steps describe how to define a server.
In the General tab, specify the items required to establish a SAS/CONNECT connection. Select a name for your server, the communications access protocol, and a SAS/CONNECT script file. If your server name is not a known network node name, you also need to specify an address. The form of the address depends upon the protocol used.
Specify when to sign on and sign off and whether to use Remote Library Services (RLS) or Remote Submit (or let MDP decide). RLS is recommended if the requested subtables exist on the server. If summarization on the fly is required, Remote Submit is usually the better choice because the summarization occurs on the server and only the data that is actually needed for display is downloaded.
Specify the name of a SOURCE catalog entry
with code to be submitted
immediately after logging on or before logging on. Use this code to provide
for data allocations and environment setups. Note that the code is submitted
locally. If you submit any code remotely, enclose it in an RSUBMIT; ENDRSUBMIT;
block.
Specify whether SAS/MDDB Server software is licensed in your remote session. This makes it easier for MDP to decide whether remote processing is feasible on the server. You can also specify a weight for your server. This attribute is used in case a requested subtable is present on more than one server. The lowest value takes precedence.
EIS Registrations |
To be able to use your data groups in SAS/EIS multidimensional applications, you need to register each data group in the SAS/EIS Metabase. To do that, use the following steps:
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