Glossary

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administrator

the person who is responsible for maintaining the technical attributes of an object such as a table or a library. For example, an administrator might specify where a table is stored and who can access the table.

See also owner.

alternate key

another term for unique key.

See also unique key.

analysis data set

in SAS data quality, an output data set that is created by applying a scheme to a variable or column that contains character values. The analysis data set identifies clusters of similar values, as well as the value that occurs most frequently in each cluster.

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