SAS/ACCESS 9.2 for Relational Databases: Reference, Fourth Edition

822 Publishing SAS Formats 4 Chapter 28Running the %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS MacroFollow these steps to run the %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro.1 Start SAS 9.2 and submit these commands in the Program Editor or EnhancedEditor:%indtdpf;%let indconn = server="myserver" user="myuserid" password="xxxx"database="mydb";The %INDTDPF macro is an autocall library that initializes the formatpublishing software.The INDCONN macro variable is used as credentials to connect to Teradata.You must specify the server, user, password, and database information to accessthe machine on which you have installed the Teradata EDW. You must assign theINDCONN macro variable before the %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro isinvoked.Here is the syntax for the value of the INDCONN macro variable:SERVER="server" USER="userid" PASSWORD="password"DATABASE="database"Note: The INDCONN macro variable is not passed as an argument to the%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro. Consequently, this information can beconcealed in your SAS job. You might want to place it in an autoexec file and setthe permissions on the file so that others cannot access the user ID andpassword. 42 Run the %INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS macro. For more information, see“%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS Macro Syntax” on page 822.Messages are written to the SAS log that indicate whether the SAS_PUT( )function was successfully created.Note: USER librefs that are not assigned to WORK might cause unexpected orunsuccessful behavior. 4%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS Macro Syntax%INDTD_PUBLISH_FORMATS ();ArgumentsDATABASE=database-namespecifies the name of a Teradata database to which the SAS_PUT( ) function andthe formats are published. This argument lets you publish the SAS_PUT( )function and the formats to a shared database where other users can access them.Interaction: The database that is specified by the DATABASE= argument takesprecedence over the database that you specify in the INDCONN macro variable.