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DavidPhillips2
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

I’m trying to use the tasks > data > download feature of Enterprise Guide to download a table.  However the physical name of the library the table points to is not the same thing as the library name (the table use to be in another library) , so when I cannot locate the table to export it.  When I tried changing the physical name to match I can see the table however Enterprise Gide throws the error

ERROR: File EAARL.PUBLIC.DATA does not exist.

ERROR: The metadata for the table/view EAARL.PUBLIC does not exist.

 

 

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SASKiwi
PROC Star

Do you register your SAS tables in SAS metadata, because that is what your error is suggesting. If you rename a table without deleting the metadata definition for the old table and then create a new one that is the sort of error you would likely get. I avoid metadata registration of tables to prevent running into these type of issues.

 

You can check if you have these tables registered in SAS Management Console.

DavidPhillips2
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Yes, the table is registered in Metadata.  I believe I need to register it in Metadata in order to work with the table in Data Integration Studio.

SASKiwi
PROC Star

OK, then when you rename a physical table you need to delete the original metadata registration and re-create it with the new name.

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