To define the SAP metadata
library, use the
New Library wizard from
the Data Library Manager in SAS Management Console.
The SAP metadata library
is a reference to the physical location of the directory where you
want to pre-extract your SAP metadata (for example,
C:\r3meta
).
Pre-extraction saves SAP metadata to SAS data sets that are stored
in the SAP metadata library. It also improves performance when you
browse SAP metadata, and you can use all available functions in the
SAP
BW Register Tables and
SAP R/3 Register Tables wizards.
You must pre-extract
SAP BW metadata to an SAP BW metadata library before you can use the
New
SAP BW wizard. You can pre-extract your SAP BW metadata
using the
Extract from BW wizard in SAS Management
Console.
You can pre-extract
your SAP R/3 metadata to the SAP R/3 metadata library using either
the
Extract from R/3 wizard in SAS Management
Console or the
SAP R/3 Register Tables wizard
in SAS Data Integration Studio.
When you use both of
these wizards, you need an SAP metadata library for each system. These
must be defined in SAS Management Console. An administrator typically
defines them.
Follow these steps
to define a new SAP metadata library using the New Library wizard.
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To open SAS Management
Console, select
StartProgramsSASSAS Management Console.
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Select
Data Library ManagerLibraries.
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To start the
New
Library wizard, select
ActionsNew Library.
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Select
SAS
BASE Library from the SAS Data folder in the tree view
and click
Next.
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Enter a name and description
for the SAP metadata library and click
Next.
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Select a SAS server
from the list of available servers. Click the right-arrow button and
then
Next.
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Enter a library reference
in the
Libref field. This is the temporary
name or alias that is associated with the location where you want
to pre-extract the SAP metadata. Metadata is written to SAS data sets
that are stored in this location.
Note: Do not change the default
value in the
Engine value. The
BASE
engine
is selected by default.
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Select the physical
location of the directory that you want to identify as the SAP metadata
library. To define a new directory, you can either use the
Path
Specification items or click
New.
If you click
New, the
New Path
Specification dialog box is displayed. Enter the exact
physical path of the directory or click
Browse to
browse for the directory. After specifying the new directory, click
OK to
return to the New Library Wizard.
Note: You can specify such advanced
library options as whether to pre-assign the library or specify input
and output block size. To do this, click
Advanced Options in
the
New Library wizard. For more information
about advanced library options, see the Data Manager Library Help
that is available in SAS Management Console.
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Click
Next and
review the SAP metadata library definition.
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Click
Finish to
register the SAP metadata library definition in the metadata repository.