SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

Using the ENTRYTYPE= Option

When you specify the INCAT= and OUTCAT= options in the PROC DOWNLOAD statement, you can use the ENTRYTYPE= option in the PROC DOWNLOAD statement, the SELECT statement, or the EXCLUDE statement to specify which entry types to download. The ENTRYTYPE= option is required only if you use a SELECT or an EXCLUDE statement. If you omit the entry type and also omit the SELECT and EXCLUDE statements, all catalog entries are downloaded. You can specify a single entry type in:

the PROC DOWNLOAD statement, specify the ENTRYTYPE= option.
the SELECT or the EXCLUDE statement, specify the ENTRYTYPE= option in parenthesis immediately after an entry name. If the type is enclosed in parenthesis, it refers only to the entry name that immediately precedes the option.
the SELECT or the EXCLUDE statement, specify the ENTRYTYPE= option after a slash (/) at the end of the statement. When used following a slash, the ENTRYTYPE= option refers to all entries that are named in the statement unless the same option appears in parenthesis after an entry name.
the SELECT or the EXCLUDE statement, specify the entry type as part of the entry name. For example, you can specify TEST.MENU in the list of entries.

You can use the ENTRYTYPE= option in multiple places. When you do this, the DOWNLOAD procedure determines the type of each entry

by the entry type given as part of the entry name, such as XYZ.FORMAT.
by the value of the option in parenthesis immediately following the entry name, if present.
otherwise, by the value of the option after the slash in the SELECT or the EXCLUDE statement, if present.
otherwise, by the value of the option in the PROC DOWNLOAD statement, if present.

Note: If you use the ENTRYTYPE= option in both the PROC DOWNLOAD statement and a SELECT or EXCLUDE statement, the values must be the same. In most cases, if you are using the ENTRYTYPE= option in a SELECT or EXCLUDE statement, you should omit it from the PROC DOWNLOAD statement. [cautionend]

For releases after Release 6.08, the following message is displayed if you try to download an entry that is not compatible with an earlier release:

ERROR:  Catalog download to earlier version 
        not allowed. Backward compatibility 
        not supported.

See Example 2. DTS: Transferring Specific Member Types by Using SELECT or EXCLUDE Statements for examples of using the ENTRYTYPE= option.

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