Reviewing and Managing Versions

Problem

You want to review and manage the versions that you have created of a SAS Data Integration Studio object.

Solution

You review a list of all of the SAS packages archived on your source control server.

You can also perform the following tasks:

Tasks

Locate an Archived Version

Use the Archived SAS Packages window to locate archived objects such as the Extract county data job.

Perform the following steps:

Right-click an archived object and click Archived SAS Packages in the pop-up window.
Click the drop-down menu in the Show field and select All packages. Note that you can click Filter to filter the list by package name, description, or archivist. You can also click Show Finder to access fields that you can use to search the list.

The Archived SAS Packages window is shown in the following display:

Archived SAS Packages Window

Edit an Archived Version

Use the Edit SAS Package window to change the name and description of an archived object.

Perform the following steps:

Select an archived object in the window. For example, you can select the Extract Job object.
Click Edit.
Enter a name and description in the Edit SAS Package window. You can rename the version Extract Job_r1 and enter a description of reviewed archive.
Click OK to save the edited version and add it to the list in the Archived SAS Packages window.

Re-Archive an Archived Version

Use the Archive as SAS Package window to re-archive a selected archived object. The re-archive process searches through the selected archive and tries to find the current version of all of those items. Then it packages all of the items that it finds and exports them.

This function is useful when you have a set of objects that change internally but have dependent objects that do not change. You can then easily create a new archived version with the same contents without having to search for the dependent objects.

Perform the following steps:

Select an archived object. For example, you can select the Extract5 object.
Click Re-archive.
Enter a name and description in the Archive as SAS Package window. You can name the re-archived version Extract5a and enter a description of re-archived version.
Click OK to save the re-archived version and add it to the list in the Archived SAS Packages window. The re-archived object in this example has a 1.1 version number. The version number is incremented from the current number assigned by the version control system.

Manage Archived Versions

You can also perform the following management functions on the archived versions listed in the Archived SAS Packages window:

Import: Opens the Import SAS Package Wizard.
Delete: Deletes a selected archive.
Compare To: Enables you to compare a selected object to another archive or object. For more information, see Comparing Versions.