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SAS(R) 9.2 Language Reference by Name, Product, and Category

System Options Syntax Sorted by Category

Communications : Networking and Encryption

Name
Syntax and Description
COMAUX1=name
Specifies the first alternate communication access method.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User's Guide
TBUFSIZE=value
Specifies the value of the default buffer size that the server uses for transferring data.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User's Guide

Communications: Email

Name
Syntax and Description
EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL= NONE | LOGIN
Specifies the authentication protocol for SMTP E-mail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EMAILFROM | NOEMAILFROM
When sending e-mail by using SMTP, specifies whether the e-mail option FROM is required in either the FILE or FILENAME statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EMAILHOST= server EMAILHOST=( 'server-1' 'server-2' <…'server-n' > )
Specifies one or more SMTP servers that support e-mail access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EMAILID = logonid| profile|emailaddress
Identifies an e-mail sender by specifying either a logon ID, an e-mail profile, or an e-mail address.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EMAILPORT < port-number >
Specifies the port that the SMTP server is attached to.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EMAILPW= "password"
Specifies an e-mail logon password.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-EMAILSYS SMTP | name-of-script EMAILSYS=SMTP | name-of-script
Specifies the e-mail protocol to use for sending electronic mail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
EMAILSYS= interface
Specifies the e-mail protocol to use for sending electronic mail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
EMAILSYS=SMTP | VMS
Specifies the e-mail protocol to use for sending electronic mail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers

Communications: Metadata

Name
Syntax and Description
METAAUTORESOURCES server-object
Identifies the metadata resources that are assigned when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METACONNECT="named-connection"
Identifies one named profile from the metadata user connection profiles for connecting to the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAENCRYPTALG NONE | RC2 | RC4 | DES | TRIPLEDES | SASPROPRIETARY | SAS
Specifies the type of encryption to use when communicating with the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAENCRYPTLEVEL EVERYTHING | CREDENTIALS
Specifies the level of encryption when communicating with the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPASS= password
Specifies the password for the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPORT= number
Specifies the TCP port for the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPROFILE "XML-document"
Identifies the XML document that contains user connection profiles for the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPROFILE=XML-document
Identifies the file that contains the SAS Metadata Server user profiles.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
METAPROTOCOL=BRIDGE
Specifies the network protocol for connecting to the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAREPOSITORY= name
Specifies the SAS Metadata Repository to use with the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METASERVER= address
Specifies the host name or address of the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METASPN= SPN-name
Specifies the service principal name (SPN) for the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAUSER= ID
Specifies the user ID for connecting to the metadata server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata

Communications: Networking and Encryption

Name
Syntax and Description
AUTOSIGNON | NOAUTOSIGNON
Automatically signs on the client session to the server session, establishing a client/server connection when a connection does not already exist.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
COMAMID=access-method-ID
Identifies the communications access method for connecting a client and a server across a network.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
COMAMID=access-method-ID
Identifies the communications access method to connect a SAS/SHARE client and server SAS session.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User's Guide
CONNECTPERSIST | NOCONNECTPERSIST
Specifies whether a connection between a client and a server persists (continues) after the RSUBMIT has completed.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
CONNECTREMOTE=server-ID
Identifies the server session that a SAS/CONNECT client connects to.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
CONNECTSTATUS | NOCONNECTSTATUS
Specifies the default setting for the display of the Transfer Status window.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
CONNECTWAIT | NOCONNECTWAIT
Specifies whether remote submits are executed synchronously or asynchronously.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
NETENCRYPT | NONETENCRYPT
Specifies whether client/server data transfers are encrypted.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM=algorithm | (“algorithm-1”... “algorithm-n”)
Specifies the algorithm or algorithms to be used for encrypted client/server data transfers.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN= 0 | 40 | 128
Specifies the key length that is used by the encryption algorithm for encrypted client/server data transfers.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
OpenVMS, UNIX, Windows SASCMD=<“SAS-command < SAS-system-options > ” | “!sascmd SAS-system options”> z/OS SASCMD=<“:SAS-system-options” | “!sascmd SAS-system-options” >
Specifies the command that starts a server session on a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) computer.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
SASFRSCR
Is a read-only option that contains the fileref that is generated by the SASSCRIPT= option.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
SASSCRIPT= “dir-name” |<“dir-name-1”, ... ,“dir-name-n”> |“fileref” |<“fileref-1”, ... ,“fileref-n”>
Specifies one or more locations for SAS/CONNECT server sign-on script files.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
SHARESESSIONCNTL= SERVER | ENV
In a SAS Intelligence Platform environment, specifies the number of connections between SAS clients and a SAS/SHARE server via a SAS server. There can be a single connection for all SAS clients or a separate connection for each SAS client.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User's Guide
SIGNONWAIT | NOSIGNONWAIT
Specifies whether a SAS/CONNECT sign-on should be executed asynchronously or synchronously.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
SSLCALISTLOC=“file–path
Specifies the location of digital certificates for trusted certification authorities (CA).
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTISS=“issuer-of-digital-certificate
Specifies the name of the issuer of the digital certificate that SSL should use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTLOC=“file-path
Specifies the location of the digital certificate that is used for authentication.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTSERIAL=“serial-number
Specifies the serial number of the digital certificate that SSL should use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTSUBJ=“subject-name
Specifies the subject name of the digital certificate that SSL should use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCLIENTAUTH | NOSSLCLIENTAUTH
Specifies whether a server should perform client authentication.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCRLCHECK | NOSSLCRLCHECK
Specifies whether a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is checked when a digital certificate is validated.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCRLLOC=“file-path
Specifies the location of a Certificate Revocation List (CRL).
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPKCS12LOC=“file-path
Specifies the location of the PKCS #12 encoding package file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPKCS12PASS=password
Specifies the password that SSL requires for decrypting the private key.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPVTKEYLOC=“file-path
Specifies the location of the private key that corresponds to the digital certificate.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPVTKEYPASS=“password
Specifies the password that SSL requires for decrypting the private key.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SYSRPUTSYNC | NOSYSRPUTSYNC
Sets %SYSRPUT macro variables in the client session when the %SYSRPUT statements are executed rather than when a synchronization point is encountered.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
TBUFSIZE=buffer-size-in-bytes
Specifies the size of the buffer that is used by the SAS application layer for transferring data between a client and a server across a network.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
TCPPORTFIRST=n
Specifies the first value in a range of TCP/IP ports for a client to use to connect to a server.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
TCPPORTLAST=n
Specifies the last value in a range of TCP/IP ports for a client to use to connect to a server.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

Communications: Networking and encryption

Name
Syntax and Description
HTTPSERVERPORTMAX= max-port-number
Specifies the highest port number that can be used by the SAS HTTP server for remote browsing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
HTTPSERVERPORTMIN= min-port-number
Specifies the lowest port number that can be used by the SAS HTTP server for remote browsing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
SASSCRIPT='dir-name' | ('dir-name-1',...,'dir-name-n')
Specifies one or more storage locations of SAS/CONNECT script files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SASSCRIPT 'dir-name' | ('dir-name-1',...,'dir-name-n') SASSCRIPT='dir-name' | ('dir-name-1',...,'dir-name-n')
Specifies one or more storage locations of SAS/CONNECT script files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments

DATA step

Name
Syntax and Description
BMPREAD=N | Y
Specifies whether a SAS IMS program accessing databases is restricted to get calls within a BMP region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
DLIREAD= N | Y
Specifies whether a SAS IMS program accessing databases is restricted to get calls within a DLI region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPIN= value BMPIN= value
Assigns a value for the IN parameter, which specifies the TRANCODE of the message queue that is accessed.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPNBA= value BMPNBA= value
Specifies a value for the NBA parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPOBA= value BMPOBA= value
Specifies a value for the OBA parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPOUT= value BMPOUT= value
Specifies a value for the OUT parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference

Engine

Name
Syntax and Description
IMSBPUPD= Y | N
Specifies whether a SAS IMS program that accesses databases can issue update calls in a BMP region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLUPD= Y | N
Specifies whether a SAS IMS program that accesses databases through the engine can issue update calls within a DLI or DBB region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSWHST= N | Y
Specifies whether the IMS engine should retrieve records if qualified segment search arguments are not generated to be passed to IMS.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference

Engine: DATA step

Name
Syntax and Description
IMSBPAGN= value BMPAGN= value
Specifies a value for the AGN (application group name) parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPCPU= value BMPCPUTM= value
Specifies a value for the CPUTIME parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBDCA= value BMPDIRCA= value
Specifies a value for the DIRCA parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPOPT= C | N | W BMPOPT= C | N | W
Assigns a character value to the OPT parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPPAR= 0 | 1 BMPARDLI= 0 | 1
Specifies the value of the PARDLI parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPSTI= 0 | 1 BMPSTIMR= 0 | 1
Specifies whether the BMP timer is set.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDEBUG= N | Y | value
Specifies whether the DL/I call function code, segment search arguments, and status code returned from DL/I calls issued by the IMS engine should be displayed in the SAS log.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLBKO= * | Y | N DLIBKO= * | Y | N
Determines the value of the BKO parameter when SAS invokes an IMS/ESA DLI or DBB region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLBUF= value DLIBUF= value
Specifies a value for the BUF parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLDBR= * | Y | N DLIDBRC= * | Y | N
Determines the value used as the DBRC (database recovery control facility) parameter when SAS invokes a DLI or DBB region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLEXC= 0 | 1 DLIEXCPV= 0 | 1
Specifies a value for the EXCPVR parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLFMT= P | T | N DLIFMT= P | T | N
Specifies a value for the FMTO parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLIRL= * | Y | N DLIRLM= * | Y | N
Determines the value of the IRLM parameter when SAS invokes a DLI or DBB region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLIRN= * | name DLIRLMNM= * | name
Specifies an IRLM subsystem name.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLLOG= 0 | 1 DLILOGA= 0 | 1
Specifies a value for the LOGA parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLMON= N | Y DLIMON= N | Y
Specifies a value for the MON parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLSRC= 0 | 1 DLISRCH= 0 | 1
Specifies a value for the SRCH parameter.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLSWP= * | Y | N DLISWP= * | Y | N
Determines the value of the SWAP parameter when SAS invokes an IMS/ESA DLI or DBB region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSID= * | value
Specifies a value for the IMSID parameter (the subsystem identifier) when SAS attaches a BMP, DLI, or DBB region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSIOB= * | 999
Specifies a value for the number of OSAM I/O requests that can be active concurrently.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSREGTP= DLI | DBB | BMP DLIRGNTP= DLI | DBB | BMP
Determines the type of IMS region invoked.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSSPIE= 0 | 1 DLISPIE= 0 | 1
Specifies a value for the SPIE parameter when SAS invokes a DLI, DBB, or BMP region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSTEST= 0 | 1 DLITEST= 0 | 1
Specifies a value for the TEST parameter when SAS invokes a DLI, DBB, or BMP region.
Product: SAS/ACCESS
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference

Environment Control: ENVDISPLAY

Name
Syntax and Description
CHARTYPE=cell-size | screen-size
Specifies a character set or screen size to use for a device.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FSBCOLOR | NOFSBCOLOR
Specifies whether you can set background colors in SAS windows on vector graphics devices.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FSBORDER=BEST | PS | APL | NONE
Specifies what type of symbols are to be used in borders.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FSDEVICE=device-name
Specifies the full-screen device driver for your terminal.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FSMODE=data-stream-type
Specifies the full-screen data stream type.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
GHFONT=font-specification
Specifies the default graphics hardware font.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HELPCASE | NOHELPCASE
Controls how text is displayed in the help browser.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PFKEY=pfkey-set
Specifies which set of function keys to designate as the primary set of function keys.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
V6GUIMODE | NOV6GUIMODE
Specifies whether SAS uses SAS 6 style SCL selection list windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS

Environment Control: ENVFILES

Name
Syntax and Description
ALTLOG=< file-specification > NOALTLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ALTPRINT=< file-specification > NOALTPRINT
Specifies the destination for the copies of the output files from SAS procedures.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
APPEND=(system-option=new-option-value)
Used when SAS starts, appends the specified value to the existing value at the end of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
AUTOEXEC=file-specification | NOAUTOEXEC
Specifies the SAS autoexec file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CONFIG=file-specification
Specifies the configuration file that is used when initializing or overriding the values of SAS system options.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HELPLOC=<(>location-1<,location-2,...,location-n><)>
Specifies the location of the text and index files for the facility that is used to view SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
INSERT=(system-option=new-option-value)
Used when SAS starts, inserts the specified value at the beginning of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
LOG=< file-specification > NOLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
MSG=file-specification-1 | (file-specification-1 . . . file-specification-n)
Specifies the library that contains the SAS error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
MSGCASE | NOMSGCASE
Specifies whether notes, warnings, and error messages that are generated by SAS are displayed in uppercase characters.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PRINT=< file-specification > NOPRINT
Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SASAUTOS=file-specification | (file-specification-1 . . . file-specification-n)
Specifies the location of the autocall library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SASHELP=library-specification | (library-specification-1 . . . library-specification-n)
Specifies the location of the SASHELP SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SASLIB=ddname
Specifies the ddname for an alternate load library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SASUSER=library-specification
Specifies the location of an external SAS library that contains the user Profile catalog.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SET= 'environment-variable value'
Defines an environment variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYSIN=file-specification | NOSYSIN
Specifies the location of the primary SAS input data stream.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
USER=library-specification
Specifies the location of the default SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
WORK=library-specification
Specifies the location of the SAS WORK library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS

Environment Control: ERRORHANDLING

Name
Syntax and Description
STAE | NOSTAE
Enables or disables a system abend exit.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STAX | NOSTAX
Specifies whether to enable attention handling.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS

Environment Control: EXECMODES

Name
Syntax and Description
CLIST | NOCLIST
Specifies that SAS obtains its input from a CLIST.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS

Environment Control: Initialization and operation

Name
Syntax and Description
DMR
Invokes a server session.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

Environment control: Display

Name
Syntax and Description
-AUTOSAVELOC fileref | pathname AUTOSAVELOC= fileref | pathname
Specifies the location of the Program Editor autosave file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
AUTOSAVELOC= fileref | “pathname”
Specifies the location of the Program Editor autosave file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
AUTOSAVELOC=location
Specifies the location of the Program Editor autosave file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-AWSCONTROL <TITLE | NOTITLE> <SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU > <MINMAX | NOMINMAX> AWSCONTROL= <TITLE | NOTITLE> <SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU > <MINMAX | NOMINMAX>
Specifies whether the main SAS window includes a title bar, a system/control menu, and minimize/maximize buttons.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AWSDEF row-percent-position column-percent-position height-percent width-percent AWSDEF=row-percent-position column-percent-position height-percent width-percent
Specifies the location and dimensions of the main SAS window when SAS initializes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AWSMENU | -NOAWSMENU AWSMENU | NOAWSMENU
Specifies whether to display the menu bar in the main SAS window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AWSMENUMERGE | -NOAWSMENUMERGE AWSMENUMERGE | NOAWSMENUMERGE
Specifies whether to embed menu items that are specific to Windows in the main menus.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AWSTITLE “title-text
Replaces the default text in the main SAS title bar.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
CHARCODE | NOCHARCODE
Specifies whether specific keyboard combinations are substituted for special characters that are not on the keyboard.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-COMDEF TOP | CENTER | BOTTOM <LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT>
Specifies the location where the SAS Command window is displayed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
DMSLOGSIZE= n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the maximum number of rows that the SAS Log window can display.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DMSOUTSIZE= n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the maximum number of rows that the SAS Output window can display.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DMSPGMLINESIZE= n
Specifies the maximum number of characters in a Program Editor line.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-EDITCMD "host-editor-pathname editor-options" EDITCMD="host-editor-pathname editor-options"
Specifies the host editor to be used with the HOSTEDIT command.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
EDITCMD= host-editor-pathname editor-options
Specifies the host editor to be used with the HOSTEDIT command.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-ENHANCEDEDITOR | -NOENHANCEDEDITOR
Specifies whether to enable the Enhanced Editor during SAS invocation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
EXPANDLNM | NOEXPANDLNM
Specifies whether concealed logical names are expanded when libref paths are displayed to the user.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-FILTERLIST “filter1 | filter2|... | filter-n
Specifies an alternative set of file filter specifications to use for the Open and Save As dialog boxes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-FONT “font-name<BOLD | NORMAL> <REGULAR | ITALIC> < font-size > < character-set > FONT=“font-name<BOLD | NORMAL> <REGULAR | ITALIC> < font-size > < character-set >
Specifies a font to use for SAS windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-FONTSLOC "directory-specification"
Specifies the location of the SAS fonts that are loaded during the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-FONTSLOC directory-specification
Specifies the location of the SAS fonts that are loaded during the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
FONTSLOC = "directory-specification"
Specifies the location of the SAS fonts that are loaded during the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
FONTSLOC= location
Specifies the location of the fonts that are supplied by SAS; names the default font file location for registering fonts that use the FONTREG procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
FORMS= form-name
If forms are used for printing, specifies the default form to use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-ICON | -NOICON ICON | NOICON
Minimizes the SAS window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-PRTABORTDLGS BOTH | NEITHER | FILE | PRINTER PRTABORTDLGS = BOTH | NEITHER | FILE | PRINTER
Specifies when to display the Print Abort dialog box.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-PRTSETFORMS | -NOPRTSETFORMS PRTSETFORMS | NOPRTSETFORMS
Specifies whether to include the Use Forms check box in the Print Setup dialog box.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-REGISTER `menu-name' `command' <`working-directory'>
Adds an application to the Tools menu in the main SAS window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-RESOURCESLOC <(>`directory-specification-1' <`directory-specification-n')> | “.”
Specifies a directory location of the files that contain SAS resources.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-SASCONTROL SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU <MINMAX | NOMINMAX> -SASCONTROL <SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU> MINMAX | NOMINMAX SASCONTROL=SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU <MINMAX | NOMINMAX> SASCONTROL=<SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU> MINMAX | NOMINMAX
Specifies whether the SAS application windows include system/control menus and minimize/maximize buttons.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-SCROLLBARFLASH | -NOSCROLLBARFLASH SCROLLBARFLASH | NOSCROLLBARFLASH
Specifies whether to allow the mouse or keyboard to focus on a scroll bar.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-SLEEPWINDOW | -NOSLEEPWINDOW
Enables or disables the SLEEP window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SOLUTIONS | NOSOLUTIONS
Specifies whether the SOLUTIONS menu is included in SAS windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-SPLASH | -NOSPLASH -SPLASH ON | -SPLASH OFF
Specifies whether to display the splash screen (logo screen) when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-SPLASHLOC DLL-name < res-number > | BMP-filename
Specifies the location of the splash screen bitmap that appears when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-SYSGUIFONT "font-name" < font-size >
Specifies a font to use for the button text and the descriptive text.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-TOOLDEF TOP | CENTER | BOTTOM <LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT>
Specifies the Toolbox display location.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
TOOLSMENU | NOTOOLSMENU
Specifies whether the Tools menu is included in SAS windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-USERICON icon-resource-filename number-of-icons
Specifies the pathname of the resource file associated with your user-defined icon.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
VIEWMENU | NOVIEWMENU
Specifies whether the View menu is included in SAS windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-WINDOWSMENU | -NOWINDOWSMENU WINDOWSMENU | NOWINDOWSMENU
Specifies to include or suppress the Window menu in windows that display menus.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-XCMD | -NOXCMD
Specifies whether the X command is valid in the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
XCMD | NOXCMD
Specifies whether the X command is valid in the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-XCMD | -NOXCMD –XCMD ON | –XCMD OFF
Specifies that the X command is valid in the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
XCMDWIN | NOXCMDWIN
Specifies whether to create a DECTERM window for X command output when in the SAS windowing environment.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-XMIN | -NOXMIN XMIN | NOXMIN
Specifies to open the application specified in the X command in a minimized state or in the default active state.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
XRESOURCES=resource-list
Specifies a character string of X resource options or the application instance name for the SAS interface to Motif.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-XSYNC | -NOXSYNC XSYNC | NOXSYNC
Controls whether an X command or statement executes synchronously or asynchronously.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-XWAIT | -NOXWAIT XWAIT | NOXWAIT
Specifies whether you have to type EXIT at the DOS prompt before the DOS shell closes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows

Environment control: E-mail

Name
Syntax and Description
-EMAILDLG NATIVE | SAS
Specifies whether to use the native e-mail dialog box provided by your e-mail application or the e-mail dialog box provided by SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-EMAILSYS MAPI | VIM | SMTP
Specifies the e-mail protocol to use for sending electronic mail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows

Environment control: Error handling

Name
Syntax and Description
BYERR | NOBYERR
Specifies whether SAS produces errors when the SORT procedure attempts to process a _NULL_ data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-CLEANUP | -NOCLEANUP CLEANUP | NOCLEANUP
Specifies how to handle out-of-resource conditions.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
CLEANUP | NOCLEANUP
Specifies how to handle an out-of-resource condition.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-CLEANUP | -NOCLEANUP CLEANUP | NOCLEANUP
Specifies how to handle an out-of-resource condition.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
CLEANUP | NOCLEANUP
For an out-of-resource condition, specifies whether to perform an automatic cleanup or a user-specified cleanup.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DMSSYNCHK | NODMSSYNCHK
In the SAS windowing environment, specifies whether to enable syntax check mode for DATA step and PROC step processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DSNFERR | NODSNFERR
When a SAS data set cannot be found, specifies whether SAS issues an error message.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DUMP=END_PROC | FATAL NODUMP
Specifies when to create a process dump file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
ERRORABEND | NOERRORABEND
Specifies whether SAS responds to errors by terminating.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ERRORABEND | NOERRORABEND
Specifies whether SAS responds to errors by terminating.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
ERRORBYABEND | NOERRORBYABEND
Specifies whether SAS ends a program when an error occurs in BY-group processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
ERRORCHECK=NORMAL | STRICT
Specifies whether SAS enters syntax-check mode when errors are found in the LIBNAME, FILENAME, %INCLUDE, and LOCK statements.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
ERRORS= n| nK | nM | nG | nT | MIN| MAX | hexX
Specifies the maximum number of observations for which SAS issues complete error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
FMTERR | NOFMTERR
When a variable format cannot be found, specifies whether SAS generates an error or continues processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
QUOTELENMAX | NOQUOTELENMAX
If a quoted string exceeds the maximum length allowed, specifies whether SAS writes a warning message to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
STEPCHKPT | NOSTEPCHKPT
Specifies whether checkpoint-restart data is to be recorded for a batch program.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
STEPCHKPTLIB=libref
Specifies the libref of the library where checkpoint-restart data is saved.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STEPCHKPTLIB=libref
Specifies the libref of the library where checkpoint-restart data is saved.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
STEPRESTART | NOSTEPRESTART
Specifies whether to execute a batch program by using checkpoint-restart data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
SYNTAXCHECK | NOSYNTAXCHECK
In non-interactive or batch SAS sessions, specifies whether to enable syntax check mode for multiple steps.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
VNFERR | NOVNFERR
Specifies whether SAS issues an error or warning when a BY variable exists in one data set but not another data set when processing the SET, MERGE, UPDATE, or MODIFY statements.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Environment control: Files

Name
Syntax and Description
–ALTLOG file-specification | –NOALTLOG
Specifies the destination for the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-ALTLOG destination -NOALTLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ALTLOG=file-specification NOALTLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-ALTPRINT file-specification | -NOALTPRINT
Specifies the destination for the output files from SAS procedures.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-ALTPRINT file-specification -NOALTPRINT
Specifies the destination for the copies of the output files from SAS procedures.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ALTPRINT=file-specification NOALTPRINT
Specifies the destination for the copies of the output files from SAS procedures.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
APPEND=(system-option-1=argument-1 system-option-n=argument-n)
Appends a value to the existing value of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
APPLETLOC=base-URL
Specifies the location of Java applets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
APPLETLOC=base-URL
Specifies the location of Java applets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-AUTOEXEC file-specification | -NOAUTOEXEC
Specifies the SAS autoexec file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-AUTOEXEC file-specification -NOAUTOEXEC
Specifies the SAS autoexec file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
AUTOEXEC=file-specification NOAUTOEXEC
Specifies the SAS autoexec file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-CONFIG file-specification | –NOCONFIG
Specifies the configuration file that is used when initializing or overriding the values of SAS system options.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
CONFIG= file-specification | NOCONFIG
Specifies the configuration file that is used when initializing or overriding the values of SAS system options.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-FMTSEARCH (catalog-specification-1... catalog-specification-n) FMTSEARCH=(catalog-specification-1... catalog-specification-n)
Specifies the order in which format catalogs are searched.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
FMTSEARCH=(catalog-specification–1 catalog-specification–2 . . . catalog-specification-n)
Controls the order in which format catalogs are searched.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
FMTSEARCH=(catalog-specification-1... catalog-specification-n)
Specifies the order in which format catalogs are searched.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
HELPENCMD | NOHELPENCMD
Specifies whether SAS uses the English version or the translated version of the keyword list for the command–line Help.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
INSERT=(system-option-1=argument-1 system-option-n=argument-n)
Inserts the specified value as the first value of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
LOADLIST= file-specification NOLOADLIST
Specifies whether to print to the specified file the information about images that SAS has loaded into memory.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-LOG file-specification | -NOLOG
Specifies a destination for the SAS log when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-LOG “destination” | -NOLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log when SAS is running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
LOG= destination NOLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-MSG pathname -MSG ('pathname' 'pathname' ...)
Specifies the library that contains the SAS error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-MSG library-specification
Specifies the library that contains the SAS error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MSG= library-specification
Specifies the library that contains the SAS error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-NEWS file-specification | -NONEWS
Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-NEWS file-specification
Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
NEWS= file-specification NONEWS
Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
NEWS= external-file
Specifies an external file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log, immediately after the header.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
PARM=<'>string<'>
Specifies a parameter string that is passed to an external program.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
PARMCARDS= fileref
Specifies the file reference to use as the PARMCARDS file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
PARMCARDS= file-ref
Specifies the file reference to open when SAS encounters the PARMCARDS statement in a procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-PATH directory-specification
Specifies one or more search paths for SAS executable files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-PRINT file-specification | -NOPRINT
Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-PRINT destination | -NOPRINT
Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PRINT= destination NOPRINT
Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-RSASUSER | -NORSASUSER
Controls whether members of the Sasuser library can be opened for update or for read-only access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
RSASUSER | NORSASUSER
Controls access to members in the SASUSER library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-RSASUSER | -NORSASUSER
Controls whether members of the Sasuser data library can be opened for update or for read-only access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
RSASUSER | NORSASUSER
Specifies whether to open the SASUSER library for read access or read-write access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-RTRACELOC pathname RTRACELOC=pathname
Specifies the pathname of the file to which the list of resources that are read or loaded during a SAS session is written.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-RTRACELOC filename | pathname\filename
Specifies the pathname of the file to which the list of resources that are read or loaded during a SAS session is written.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-SASAUTOS 'directory-specification' | fileref -SASAUTOS ('directory-specification1' | fileref1,...,'directory-specification-n' | filerefn) -NOSASAUTOS SASAUTOS='directory-specification' | fileref SASAUTOS =('directory-specification1' | fileref1,...,'directory-specification-n' | filerefn) NOSASAUTOS
Specifies the autocall library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-SASAUTOS <(>"library-specification-1"…<"library-specification-n")> SASAUTOS=<(>"library-specification-1"…<"library-specification-n")>
Specifies the autocall macro library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASAUTOS= library-specification | (library-specification-1, . . . , library-specification-n)
Specifies the autocall macro library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
–SASHELP directory-specification –SASHELP ('directory-specification', 'directory-specification'...)
Specifies the locations of Sashelp libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-SASHELP ("library-specification-1"…<"library-specification-n")>
Specifies the directory or directories to be searched for SAS default forms, device lists, dictionaries, and other entries in the Sashelp catalog.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASHELP= library-specification
Specifies the directory or directories to be searched for SAS help files, default forms, device lists, dictionaries, and other entries in the SASHELP catalog.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
SASHELP= library-specification
Specifies the location of the SASHELP library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-SASINITIALFOLDER newfolder
Changes the working folder and the default folders for the Open and Save As dialog boxes to the specified folder after SAS initialization is complete.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
–SASUSER pathname
Specifies the name of the Sasuser library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-SASUSER (“library-specification-1”…<“library-specification-n”> )
Specifies the name of the Sasuser library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASUSER= library-specification
Specifies the name of the SASUSER library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
SASUSER= library-specification
Specifies the SAS library to use as the SASUSER library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
–SET variable-name value SET=variable-name value
Defines an environment variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-SET SAS-variablevalue” | (“value-1”…<“value-n”> ) SET=SAS-variablevalue” | (“ value-1”…<“value-n”> )
Defines a SAS environment variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
–SYSIN filename | -NOSYSIN
Specifies the default location of SAS source code when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-SYSIN file-specification | -NOSYSIN
Specifies a batch mode source file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SYSIN= file-specification NOSYSIN
Specifies the default location of SAS source programs.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-SYSPARM <“> characters <”> SYSPARM=<“> characters <”>
Specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SYSPARM= <“> characters <”>
Specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
TRAINLOC=base-URL
Specifies the URL for SAS online training courses.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-USER pathname USER='pathname' | libref
Specifies the name of the default permanent SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-USER “library-specification” USER=“library-specification
Specifies the name of the default permanent SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
USER= library-specification
Specifies the default permanent SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
USER= library-specification
Specifies the default permanent SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
UUIDCOUNT= n | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of UUIDs to acquire from the UUID Generator Daemon.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
UUIDGENDHOST= 'host-string'
Identifies the host and port or the LDAP URL that the UUID Generator Daemon runs on.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
V6CREATEUPDATE = ERROR | NOTE | WARNING | IGNORE
Specifies the type of message to write to the SAS log when Version 6 data sets are created or updated.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
–WORK pathname
Specifies the location of the Work library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-WORK “library-specification
Specifies the pathname for the directory containing the Work data library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
WORK= library-specification
Specifies the name of the directory under which the SAS Work directory is created.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
WORK= library-specification
Specifies the WORK data library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
–WORKINIT | –NOWORKINIT
Initializes the Work library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
WORKINIT | NOWORKINIT
Specifies whether to initialize the WORK library at SAS invocation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
–WORKPERMS permission-value
Sets the permissions of the SAS Work library when it is initially created.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
WORKTERM | NOWORKTERM
Specifies whether to erase the WORK files when SAS terminates.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

Environment control: Help

Name
Syntax and Description
HELPBROWSER=REMOTE | SAS
Specifies the browser to use for SAS Help and ODS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
HELPHOST=host
Specifies the name of the computer where the remote help browser is running.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HELPHOST="host"
Specifies the name of the local computer where the remote browsing system is running.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
HELPHOST="host"
Specifies the name of the computer where the remote browser is to send Help and ODS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-HELPINDEX index-pathname-1 < index-pathname-2 < index-pathname-3 > >
Specifies one or more index files for the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-HELPINDEX <(> “index-pathname-1< “ index-pathname-2” “ index-pathname-n”)>
Specifies one or more index files for the SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
HELPINDEX= index-pathname-1 < index-pathname-2 < index-pathname-3 > >
Specifies one or more index files for the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
-HELPLOC (pathname<,pathname-2...,pathname-n>)
Specifies the location of the text and index files for the facility that is used to view the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-HELPLOC <(> "pathname-1" <"pathname-2" "pathname-n")>
Specifies the location of Help files that are used to view SAS Help and Documentation using Microsoft HTML Help.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
HELPLOC= pathname <,pathname-2,...,pathname-n >
Specifies the location of the text and index files for the facility that is used to view the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
HELPPORT=port-number
Specifies the port number for the remote browser client.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-HELPREGISTER “menu stringhelp file location <“help string”> < topic > <CHM | HLP | HTML>
Registers help files to access from the main SAS window Help menu.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-HELPTOC TOC-pathname-1 < TOC-pathname-2 < TOC-pathname-3 > >
Specifies the table of contents files for the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-HELPTOC <(> “TOC-pathname-1<“TOC-pathname-2” “ TOC-pathname-3”)>
Specifies the table of contents files for the SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
HELPTOC= TOC-pathname-1 < TOC-pathname-2 < TOC-pathname-3 > >
Specifies the table of contents files for the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers

Environment control: Initialization and operation

Name
Syntax and Description
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN <provider: domain> AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN <(provider-1: domain-1<, ...provider: domain-n>)>
Associates a domain suffix with an authentication provider.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN provider : domain AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN (provider–1 : domain–1 <, …provider-n : domain-n > )
Associates a domain suffix with an authentication provider.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-AUTHSERVER <“ ”| `domain-name' | `.'> AUTHSERVER <“ ” | `domain-name' | `.'>
Specifies the authentication domain server to search for secure server logins.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
DETACH | NODETACH
Specifies that the asynchronous host command uses a detached process.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
DMR | NODMR
Specifies whether to enable SAS to invoke a server session for use with a SAS/CONNECT client.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DMS | NODMS
Specifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display the Log, Editor, and Output windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DMSEXP | NODMSEXP
Specifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display the Explorer, Editor, Log, Output, and Results windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EXPLORER | NOEXPLORER
Specifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display only the Explorer window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
INITCMD "command-1 < windowing-command-n > "
Specifies an application invocation command and optional SAS windowing environment or text editor commands that SAS executes before processing AUTOEXEC file during SAS invocation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
INITSTMT `statement'
Specifies a SAS statement to be executed after any statements in the autoexec file and before any statements from the SYSIN= file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
INITSTMT=statement(s)” IS=“statement(s)
Specifies a SAS statement that is to be executed after any statements in the autoexec file and before any statements from the SYSIN file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
INITSTMT= 'statement'
Specifies a SAS statement to execute after any statements in the autoexec file and before any statements from the SYSIN= file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-JREOPTIONS (-JRE-option-1 <-JRE-option-n > )
Identifies the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) options for SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
-JREOPTIONS (-JRE-option-1 <-JRE-option-n > ) JREOPTIONS (-JRE-option-1 <-JRE-option-n > )
Identifies Java Runtime Environment (JRE) options for SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
JREOPTIONS=“(-JRE-option-1 <-JRE-option-n > )”
Identifies the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) options for SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
LOGCONFIGLOC=file-specification
Specifies the name of the XML configuration file that is used to initialize the SAS logging facility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference
MULTENVAPPL | NOMULTENVAPPL
Specifies whether the fonts available in a SAS application font selector window lists only the SAS fonts that are available in all operating environments.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-objectserver
Specifies whether SAS is to run as an Integrated Object Model (IOM) server.
Product: SAS Intelligence Platform
Document: SAS Intellegence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
–objectserverparms "parameter-1, ... , parameter-n"
Specifies startup parameters for SAS Integrated Object Model (IOM) servers.
Product: SAS Intelligence Platform
Document: SAS Intellegence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN=domain-name
Specifies the domain name of the primary authentication provider.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-secpackage "package-name" | " negotiate"
Identifies the security package that the IOM server uses to authenticate incoming client connections.
Product: SAS Intelligence Platform
Document: SAS Intellegence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
-secpackagelist "package-name-1,[package-name-2,][...,]"
Specifies the security authentication packages used by the server.
Product: SAS Intelligence Platform
Document: SAS Intellegence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
SPAWN=WAIT | NOWAIT
Specifies that SAS is invoked in a SPAWN/NOWAIT subprocess.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
TERMINAL | NOTERMINAL
Specifies whether to associate a terminal with a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
TERMSTMT='statement(s)'
Specifies the SAS statements to execute when SAS terminates.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
XKEYPAD | NOXKEYPAD
Specifies that subprocesses use the keypad settings that were in effect before you invoked SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
XLOGICAL | NOXLOGICAL
Specifies that process-level logical names are passed to the subprocess that is spawned by an X statement or X command.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
XSYMBOL | NOXSYMBOL
Specifies that global symbols are passed to the subprocess that is spawned by an X statement or X command.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
XTIMEOUT= time-span NOXTIMEOUT
Specifies how long a subprocess that has been spawned by an X statement or X command remains inactive before being deleted.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers

Environment control: Language control

Name
Syntax and Description
DATESTYLE= MDY | MYD | YMD | YDM | DMY | DYM | LOCALE
Specifies the sequence of month, day, and year when ANYDTDTE, ANYDTDTM, or ANYDTTME informat data is ambiguous.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
-DBCS | -NODBCS (UNIX and Windows) DBCS | NODBCS (z/OS)
Recognizes double-byte character sets (DBCS).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
-DBCSLANG language (UNIX and Windows) DBCSLANG = language (z/OS)
Specifies a double-byte character set (DBCS) language.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
-DBCSTYPE encoding-method (UNIX and Windows) DBCSTYPE = encoding-method (z/OS)
Specifies the encoding method to use for a double-byte character set (DBCS).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
DFLANG='language'
Specifies the language for international date informats and formats.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
-ENCODING= ASCIIANY | EBCDICANY | encoding-value (UNIX and Windows) ENCODING= encoding-value (OpenVMS, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS)
Specifies the default character-set encoding for the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
-FSDBTYPE encoding-method
Specifies a full-screen double-byte character set (DBCS) encoding method.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
-FSIMM fsdevice_name=IMM-name1 <, fsdevice_name=IMM-name2 > ...
Specifies input method modules (IMMs) for full-screen double-byte character set (DBCS).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
-FSIMMOPT fullscreen-IMM:IMM-option
Specifies options for input method modules (IMMs) that are used with a full-screen double-byte character set (DBCS).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
-LOCALE locale-name (UNIX and Windows) LOCALE=locale-name (UNIX, Windows, and z/OS)
Specifies a set of attributes in a SAS session that reflect the language, local conventions, and culture for a geographical region.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
LOCALELANGCHG | NOLOCALELANGCHG
Determines whether the language of the text of the ODS output can be changed
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
NLSCOMPATMODE | NONLSCOMPATMODE
Provides national language compatibility with previous releases of SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
PAPERSIZE= paper_size_name| (“width_value” <,> “height_value”)| ('width_value' <,> 'height_value') | (width_value height_value)
Specifies the paper size to use for printing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
TRANTAB=(catalog-entries)
Specifies the translation tables that are used by various parts of SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide

File Control: EXTFILES

Name
Syntax and Description
CAPSOUT | NOCAPSOUT
Specifies that all output is to be converted to uppercase.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DSRESV | NODSRESV
Requests exclusive use of shared disk volumes when accessing partitioned data sets on shared disk volumes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILECC | NOFILECC
Specifies whether to treat data in column 1 of a printer file as carriage-control data when reading the file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEDEST=printer-destination
Specifies the default printer destination.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEDIRBLK=n
Specifies the number of default directory blocks to allocate for new partitioned data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEEXT=VERIFY | IGNORE | INVALID | ASIS
Specifies how to handle file extensions when accessing members of partitioned data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEMOUNT | NOFILEMOUNT
Specifies whether an off-line volume is to be mounted.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILENULL | NOFILENULL
Specifies whether zero-length records are written to external files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEREUSE | NOFILEREUSE
Specifies whether to reuse an existing allocation for a file that is being allocated to a temporary ddname.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESEQDSNTYPE=BASIC | LARGE | EXTREQ | EXTPREF | NONE
Specifies the default value that is assigned to DSNTYPE when it is not specified with a FILENAME statement, a DD statement, or a TSO ALLOC command.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESTAT | NOFILESTAT
Specifies whether ISPF statistics are written.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESYSTEM=MVS | HFS
Specifies the default file system used when the filename is ambiguous.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PGMPARM=`string'
Specifies the parameter that is passed to the external program specified by the SYSINP= option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYSINP=external-program-name
Specifies the name of an external program that provides SAS input statements.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYSPREF=prefix
Specifies a prefix for partially qualified physical filenames.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
VSAMLOAD | NOVSAMLOAD
Enables you to load a VSAM data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
VSAMREAD | NOVSAMREAD
Enables the user to read a VSAM data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
VSAMUPDATE | NOVSAMUPDATE
Enables you to update a VSAM data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS

File Control: EXTFILES, File Control SASFILES

Name
Syntax and Description
FILEAUTHDEFER | NOFILEAUTHDEFER
Controls whether SAS performs file authorization checking for z/OS data sets or defers authorization checking to z/OS system services such as OPEN.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS

File Control: EXTFILES, File Control: SASFILES

Name
Syntax and Description
FILEDEV=device-name
Specifies the device name used for allocating new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEMSGS | NOFILEMSGS
Controls whether you receive expanded dynamic allocation error messages when you are assigning a physical file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEPROMPT | NOFILEPROMPT
Controls whether you are prompted if you reference a data set that does not exist.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESPPRI=primary-space-size
Specifies the default primary space allocation for new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESPSEC=secondary-space-size
Specifies the default secondary space allocation for new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEUNIT=unit-type
Specifies the default unit of allocation for new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEVOL=volser | (volser-1 . . . volser-n)
Specifies which VOLSER to use for new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS

File Control: SASFILES

Name
Syntax and Description
BLKALLOC | NOBLKALLOC
Causes SAS to set LRECL and BLKSIZE values for a SAS library when it is allocated rather than when it is first accessed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
BLKSIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the default block size for SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CATCACHE=n | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLDISPCHG= AUTO | BYREQUEST | COMPAT91 | NONE
Controls changes in allocation disposition for an existing library data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLDSNTYPE= BASIC | LARGE | NONE
Specifies the default value of the DSNTYPE LIBNAME option for direct access bound libraries in DSORG=PS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLEXCPCOUNT | NODLEXCPCOUNT
Reports number of EXCPs to direct access bound SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLMSGLEVEL=ERROR | WARN | INFO | DIAG
Specifies the level of messages to generate for SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLSEQDSNTYPE= BASIC | LARGE | EXTREQ | EXTPREF | NONE
Specifies the default value of the DSNTYPE LIBNAME option for sequential-access bound libraries on disk.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLTRUNCHK | NODLTRUNCHK
Enables checking for SAS library truncation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSLXTNTS=value
Specifies the size of each physical hiperspace that is created for a SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSMAXPGS=value
Specifies the maximum number of hiperspace pages allowed in a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSMAXSPC=value
Specifies the maximum number of hiperspaces allowed in a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSSAVE | NOHSSAVE
Controls how often the DIV data set pages are updated when a DIV data set backs a hiperspace library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSWORK | NOHSWORK
Tells SAS to place the WORK library in a hiperspace.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SEQENGINE=engine-name
Specifies the default engine for sequential SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
TAPECLOSE=REREAD | LEAVE | REWIND | DISP | FREE
Specifies how sequential access bound libraries on tape are handled when SAS closes the library data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
UTILLOC = “location” | (“location1”, “location2”, ...)
Specifies location of certain types of temporary utility files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS

File Control: SASFILES, File Control: EXTFILES

Name
Syntax and Description
S99NOMIG | NOS99NOMIG
Tells SAS whether to recall a migrated data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS

Files: EXTFILES