• the data sources (for example, SAS tables) that are contained in a library
• the columns that are contained in a data source
A variety of methods are available to populate the metadata repository with these
objects, including the following:
• The data source design applications, SAS Data Integration Studio and SAS OLAP
Cube Studio, automate the creation of all of the necessary metadata about your data
sources. As you use these products to define warehouses, data marts, and cubes, the
appropriate metadata objects are automatically created and stored in the metadata
repository.
• You can use the following features of SAS Management Console to define data
source objects:
• The New Server Wizard enables you to easily define the metadata for your ...