System Options Syntax by Category

Communications: Email

Name	Syntax and Description
EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL= System Option	EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL= NONE \| LOGIN Specifies the authentication protocol for SMTP E-mail. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EMAILFROM System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	EMAILPORT < port-number > Specifies the port that the SMTP server is attached to. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EMAILPW= System Option	EMAILPW= "password" Specifies an e-mail logon password. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EMAILSYS System Option	-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= System Option	EMAILSYS= interface Specifies the e-mail protocol to use for sending electronic mail. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
EMAILSYS= System Option	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 System Option	METAAUTORESOURCES server-object Identifies the metadata resources that are assigned when SAS starts. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METACONNECT= System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	METAENCRYPTLEVEL EVERYTHING \| CREDENTIALS Specifies the level of encryption when communicating with the metadata server. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPASS= System Option	METAPASS= password Specifies the password for the metadata server. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPORT= System Option	METAPORT= number Specifies the TCP port for the metadata server. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPROFILE System Option	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= System Option	METAPROFILE= “XML-document” Identifies the file that contains the SAS Metadata Server user profiles. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
METAPROTOCOL= System Option	METAPROTOCOL=BRIDGE Specifies the network protocol for connecting to the metadata server. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAREPOSITORY= System Option	METAREPOSITORY= name Specifies the SAS Metadata Repository to use with the metadata server. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METASERVER= System Option	METASERVER= address Specifies the host name or address of the metadata server. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METASPN= System Option	METASPN= SPN-name Specifies the service principal name (SPN) for the metadata server. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAUSER= System Option	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 System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	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
COMAUX1= System Option	COMAUX1=name Specifies the first alternate communication access method. Product: SAS/SHARE Document: SAS/SHARE User's Guide
CONNECTPERSIST System Option	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= System Option	CONNECTREMOTE=server-ID Identifies the server session that a SAS/CONNECT client connects to. Product: SAS/CONNECT Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
CONNECTSTATUS System Option	CONNECTSTATUS \| NOCONNECTSTATUS Specifies the default setting for the display of the Transfer Status window. Product: SAS/CONNECT Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
CONNECTWAIT System Option	CONNECTWAIT \| NOCONNECTWAIT Specifies whether remote submits are executed synchronously or asynchronously. Product: SAS/CONNECT Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
HTTPSERVERPORTMAX= System Option	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= System Option	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
NETENCRYPT System Option	NETENCRYPT \| NONETENCRYPT Specifies whether client/server data transfers are encrypted. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM= System Option	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= System Option	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
SASCMD= System Option	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 System Option	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= System Option	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
SASSCRIPT System Option	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 System Option	-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
SHARESESSIONCNTL= System Option	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 System Option	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= System Option	SSLCALISTLOC=“file–path” Specifies the location of digital certificates for trusted certification authorities (CA). Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTISS= System Option	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= System Option	SSLCERTLOC=“file-path” Specifies the location of the digital certificate that is used for authentication. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTSERIAL= System Option	SSLCERTSERIAL=“serial-number” Specifies the serial number of the digital certificate that SSL should use. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTSUBJ= System Option	SSLCERTSUBJ=“subject-name” Specifies the subject name of the digital certificate that SSL should use. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCLIENTAUTH System Option	SSLCLIENTAUTH \| NOSSLCLIENTAUTH Specifies whether a server should perform client authentication. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCRLCHECK System Option	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= System Option	SSLCRLLOC=“file-path” Specifies the location of a Certificate Revocation List (CRL). Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPKCS12LOC= System Option	SSLPKCS12LOC=“file-path” Specifies the location of the PKCS #12 encoding package file. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPKCS12PASS= System Option	SSLPKCS12PASS=password Specifies the password that SSL requires for decrypting the private key. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPVTKEYLOC= System Option	SSLPVTKEYLOC=“file-path” Specifies the location of the private key that corresponds to the digital certificate. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPVTKEYPASS= System Option	SSLPVTKEYPASS=“password” Specifies the password that SSL requires for decrypting the private key. Product: Base SAS Document: Encryption in SAS
SYSRPUTSYNC System Option	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= System Option	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
TBUFSIZE= System Option	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
TCPPORTFIRST= System Option	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= System Option	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

DATA Step

Name	Syntax and Description
BMPREAD= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	IMSBPNBA= value BMPNBA= value Specifies a value for the NBA parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPOBA= SAS System Option	IMSBPOBA= value BMPOBA= value Specifies a value for the OBA parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPOUT= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	IMSBPCPU= value BMPCPUTM= value Specifies a value for the CPUTIME parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPDCA= SAS System Option	IMSBDCA= value BMPDIRCA= value Specifies a value for the DIRCA parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPOPT= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	IMSBPPAR= 0 \| 1 BMPARDLI= 0 \| 1 Specifies the value of the PARDLI parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSBPSTI= SAS System Option	IMSBPSTI= 0 \| 1 BMPSTIMR= 0 \| 1 Specifies whether the BMP timer is set. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDEBUG= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	IMSDLBUF= value DLIBUF= value Specifies a value for the BUF parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLDBR= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	IMSDLEXC= 0 \| 1 DLIEXCPV= 0 \| 1 Specifies a value for the EXCPVR parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLFMT= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	IMSDLIRN= * \| name DLIRLMNM= * \| name Specifies an IRLM subsystem name. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLLOG= SAS System Option	IMSDLLOG= 0 \| 1 DLILOGA= 0 \| 1 Specifies a value for the LOGA parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLMON= SAS System Option	IMSDLMON= N \| Y DLIMON= N \| Y Specifies a value for the MON parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLSRC= SAS System Option	IMSDLSRC= 0 \| 1 DLISRCH= 0 \| 1 Specifies a value for the SRCH parameter. Product: SAS/ACCESS Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS: Reference
IMSDLSWP= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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= SAS System Option	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: EXECMODES

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

Environment Control: Display

Name	Syntax and Description
AUTOSAVELOC System Option	-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= System Option	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= System Option	AUTOSAVELOC= “location” Specifies the location of the Program Editor autosave file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
AWSCONTROL System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-AWSMENU \| -NOAWSMENU Specifies whether to display the menu bar in the main SAS window. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
AWSMENUMERGE System Option	-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 System Option	-AWSTITLE “title-text” Replaces the default text in the main SAS title bar. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
CHARCODE System Option	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
CHARTYPE= System Option	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
COMDEF System Option	-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= System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	DMSPGMLINESIZE= n Specifies the maximum number of characters in a Program Editor line. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
EDITCMD System Option	-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= System Option	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 System Option	-ENHANCEDEDITOR \| -NOENHANCEDEDITOR Specifies whether to enable the Enhanced Editor during SAS invocation. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
EXPANDLNM System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	FORMS= form-name If forms are used for printing, specifies the default form to use. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
FSBCOLOR System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	FSDEVICE=device-name Specifies the full-screen device driver for your terminal. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FSMODE= System Option	FSMODE=data-stream-type Specifies the full-screen data stream type. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
GHFONT= System Option	GHFONT=font-specification Specifies the default graphics hardware font. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HELPCASE System Option	HELPCASE \| NOHELPCASE Controls how text is displayed in the help browser. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ICON System Option	-ICON \| -NOICON Minimizes the SAS window. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PFKEY= System Option	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
PRTABORTDLGS System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-SLEEPWINDOW \| -NOSLEEPWINDOW Enables or disables the SLEEP window. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SOLUTIONS System Option	SOLUTIONS \| NOSOLUTIONS Specifies whether the SOLUTIONS menu is included in SAS windows. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
SPLASH System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-TOOLDEF TOP \| CENTER \| BOTTOM <LEFT \| CENTER \| RIGHT> Specifies the Toolbox display location. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
TOOLSMENU System Option	TOOLSMENU \| NOTOOLSMENU Specifies whether the Tools menu is included in SAS windows. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
USERICON System Option	-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
V6GUIMODE System Option	V6GUIMODE \| NOV6GUIMODE Specifies whether SAS uses SAS 6 style SCL selection list windows. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
VIEWMENU System Option	VIEWMENU \| NOVIEWMENU Specifies whether the View menu is included in SAS windows. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
WINDOWSMENU System Option	-WINDOWSMENU \| -NOWINDOWSMENU Specifies to include or suppress the Window menu in windows that display menus. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
XCMD System Option	-XCMD \| -NOXCMD Specifies whether the X command is valid in the SAS session. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
XCMD System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	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 System Option	-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= System Option	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 System Option	-XSYNC \| -NOXSYNC XSYNC \| NOXSYNC Controls whether an X command or statement executes synchronously or asynchronously. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
XWAIT System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	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 System Option	-CLEANUP \| -NOCLEANUP CLEANUP \| NOCLEANUP Specifies how to handle out-of-resource conditions. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
CLEANUP System Option	CLEANUP \| NOCLEANUP Specifies how to handle an out-of-resource condition. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
CLEANUP System Option	-CLEANUP \| -NOCLEANUP CLEANUP \| NOCLEANUP Specifies how to handle an out-of-resource condition. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
CLEANUP System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	ERRORABEND \| NOERRORABEND Specifies whether SAS responds to errors by terminating. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ERRORABEND System Option	ERRORABEND \| NOERRORABEND Specifies whether SAS responds to errors by terminating. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
ERRORBYABEND System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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
STAE System Option	STAE \| NOSTAE Enables or disables a system abend exit. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STAX System Option	STAX \| NOSTAX Specifies whether to enable attention handling. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STEPCHKPT System Option	STEPCHKPT \| NOSTEPCHKPT Specifies whether checkpoint-restart data is to be recorded for a batch program. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
STEPCHKPTLIB= System Option	STEPCHKPTLIB=libref Specifies the libref of the library where checkpoint-restart data is saved. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STEPCHKPTLIB= System Option	STEPCHKPTLIB=libref Specifies the libref of the library where checkpoint-restart data is saved. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
STEPRESTART System Option	STEPRESTART \| NOSTEPRESTART Specifies whether to execute a batch program by using checkpoint-restart data. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
SYNTAXCHECK System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	–ALTLOG file-specification \| –NOALTLOG Specifies the destination for the SAS log. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
ALTLOG System Option	-ALTLOG destination -NOALTLOG Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ALTLOG= System Option	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
ALTLOG= System Option	ALTLOG=< file-specification > NOALTLOG Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ALTPRINT System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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
ALTPRINT= System Option	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	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
APPEND= System Option	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= System Option	APPLETLOC=base-URL Specifies the location of Java applets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
APPLETLOC= System Option	APPLETLOC=“base-URL” Specifies the location of Java applets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
AUTOEXEC System Option	-AUTOEXEC file-specification \| -NOAUTOEXEC Specifies the SAS autoexec file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
AUTOEXEC System Option	-AUTOEXEC file-specification -NOAUTOEXEC Specifies the SAS autoexec file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
AUTOEXEC= System Option	AUTOEXEC=file-specification NOAUTOEXEC Specifies the SAS autoexec file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
AUTOEXEC= System Option	AUTOEXEC=file-specification \| NOAUTOEXEC Specifies the SAS autoexec file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CONFIG System Option	-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= System Option	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
CONFIG= System Option	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
FMTSEARCH System Option	-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= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	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
HELPLOC= System Option	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	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
INSERT= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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
LOG= System Option	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
MSGSIZE= System Option	MSGSIZE=n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| MIN \| MAX \| hexX Specifies the size of the message cache. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
MSG System Option	-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 System Option	-MSG library-specification Specifies the library that contains the SAS error messages. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MSG= System Option	MSG= library-specification Specifies the library that contains the SAS error messages. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
MSG= System Option	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 System Option	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
NEWS System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	PARM=<'>string<'> Specifies a parameter string that is passed to an external program. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
PARMCARDS= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	-PATH directory-specification Specifies one or more search paths for SAS executable files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
PRINT System Option	-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 System Option	-PRINT destination \| -NOPRINT Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PRINT= System Option	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
PRINT= System Option	PRINT=< file-specification > NOPRINT Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
RSASUSER System Option	-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 System Option	RSASUSER \| NORSASUSER Controls access to members in the SASUSER library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
RSASUSER System Option	-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 System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	-SASAUTOS 'directory-specification' \| fileref -SASAUTOS ('directory-specification1' \| fileref1,...,'directory-specification-n' \| filerefn) -NOSASAUTOS SASAUTOS='directory-specification' \| fileref SASAUTOS =('directory-specification1' \| "userSuppliedSyntaxValue">fileref1,...,'directory-specification-n' \| filerefn) NOSASAUTOS Specifies the autocall library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
SASAUTOS System Option	-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= System Option	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
SASAUTOS= System Option	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 System Option	–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 System Option	-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= System Option	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= System Option	SASHELP= library-specification Specifies the location of the SASHELP library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
SASHELP= System Option	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
SASINITIALFOLDER System Option	-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
SASLIB= System Option	SASLIB=ddname Specifies the ddname for an alternate load library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SASUSER System Option	–SASUSER pathname Specifies the name of the Sasuser library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
SASUSER System Option	-SASUSER (“library-specification-1”…<“library-specification-n”> ) Specifies the name of the Sasuser library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASUSER= System Option	SASUSER= library-specification Specifies the name of the SASUSER library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
SASUSER= System Option	SASUSER= library-specification Specifies the SAS library to use as the SASUSER library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
SASUSER= System Option	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 System Option	–SET variable-name value SET=variable-name value Defines an environment variable. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
SET System Option	-SET SAS-variable “value” \| (“value-1”…<“value-n”> ) SET=SAS-variable “value” \| (“ value-1”…<“value-n”> ) Defines a SAS environment variable. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SET= System Option	SET= 'environment-variable value' Defines an environment variable. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYSIN System Option	–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 System Option	-SYSIN file-specification \| -NOSYSIN Specifies a batch mode source file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SYSIN= System Option	SYSIN= file-specification NOSYSIN Specifies the default location of SAS source programs. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
SYSIN= System Option	SYSIN=file-specification \| NOSYSIN Specifies the location of the primary SAS input data stream. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYSPARM System Option	-SYSPARM <“> characters <”> SYSPARM=<“> characters <”> Specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SYSPARM= System Option	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= System Option	TRAINLOC=”base-URL” Specifies the URL for SAS online training courses. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
USER System Option	-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 System Option	-USER “library-specification” USER=“library-specification” Specifies the name of the default permanent SAS library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
USER= System Option	USER= library-specification Specifies the default permanent SAS library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
USER= System Option	USER= library-specification Specifies the default permanent SAS library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
USER= System Option	USER=library-specification Specifies the location of the default SAS library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
UUIDCOUNT= System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	–WORK pathname Specifies the location of the Work library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
WORK System Option	-WORK “library-specification” Specifies the pathname for the directory containing the Work data library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
WORK= System Option	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= System Option	WORK= library-specification Specifies the WORK data library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
WORK= System Option	WORK=library-specification Specifies the location of the SAS WORK library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
WORKINIT System Option	–WORKINIT \| –NOWORKINIT Initializes the Work library. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
WORKINIT System Option	WORKINIT \| NOWORKINIT Specifies whether to initialize the WORK library at SAS invocation. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
WORKPERMS System Option	–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 System Option	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= System Option	HELPBROWSER=REMOTE \| SAS Specifies the browser to use for SAS Help and ODS output. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
HELPHOST System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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= System Option	HELPPORT=port-number Specifies the port number for the remote browser client. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
HELPREGISTER System Option	-HELPREGISTER “menu string” help 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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	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 System Option	DMR Invokes a server session. Product: SAS/CONNECT Document: SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
DMR System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	-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 System Option	–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= System Option	PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN=domain-name Specifies the domain name of the primary authentication provider. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
SECPACKAGE System Option	-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 System Option	-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= System Option	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 System Option	TERMINAL \| NOTERMINAL Specifies whether to associate a terminal with a SAS session. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
TERMSTMT= System Option	TERMSTMT='statement(s)' Specifies the SAS statements to execute when SAS terminates. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
XKEYPAD System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	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= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option: UNIX, Windows, and z/OS	-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 System Option: UNIX, Windows, and z/OS	-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 System Option: UNIX, Windows, and z/OS	-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= System Option: OpenVMS, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS	DFLANG='language' Specifies the language for international date informats and formats. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
ENCODING System Option: OpenVMS, UNIX, Windows, and z/OS	-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 System Option: UNIX	-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 System Option: UNIX	-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 System Option: UNIX	-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 System Option	-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 System Option	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 System Option: z/OS	NLSCOMPATMODE \| NONLSCOMPATMODE Provides national language compatibility with previous releases of SAS. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
PAPERSIZE= System Option	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= System Option	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: External Files

Name	Syntax and Description
CAPSOUT System Option	CAPSOUT \| NOCAPSOUT Specifies that all output is to be converted to uppercase. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DSRESV System Option	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
FILEAUTHDEFER System Option	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
FILECC System Option	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= System Option	FILEDEST=printer-destination Specifies the default printer destination. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEDEV= System Option	FILEDEV=device-name Specifies the device name used for allocating new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEDIRBLK= System Option	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= System Option	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 System Option	FILEMOUNT \| NOFILEMOUNT Specifies whether an off-line volume is to be mounted. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEMSGS System Option	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
FILENULL System Option	FILENULL \| NOFILENULL Specifies whether zero-length records are written to external files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEPROMPT System Option	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
FILEREUSE System Option	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 System Option	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
FILESPPRI= System Option	FILESPPRI=primary-space-size Specifies the default primary space allocation for new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESPSEC= System Option	FILESPSEC=secondary-space-size Specifies the default secondary space allocation for new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESTAT System Option	FILESTAT \| NOFILESTAT Specifies whether ISPF statistics are written. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESYSTEM= System Option	FILESYSTEM=MVS \| HFS Specifies the default file system used when the filename is ambiguous. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEUNIT= System Option	FILEUNIT=unit-type Specifies the default unit of allocation for new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEVOL= System Option	FILEVOL=volser \| (volser-1 . . . volser-n) Specifies which VOLSER to use for new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PGMPARM= System Option	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
S99NOMIG System Option	S99NOMIG \| NOS99NOMIG Tells SAS whether to recall a migrated data set. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYSINP= System Option	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= System Option	SYSPREF=prefix Specifies a prefix for partially qualified physical filenames. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
VSAMLOAD System Option	VSAMLOAD \| NOVSAMLOAD Enables you to load a VSAM data set. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
VSAMREAD System Option	VSAMREAD \| NOVSAMREAD Enables the user to read a VSAM data set. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
VSAMUPDATE System Option	VSAMUPDATE \| NOVSAMUPDATE Enables you to update a VSAM data set. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS

Files: External Files

Name	Syntax and Description
ASYNCHIO System Option	ASYNCHIO \| NOASYNCHIO Specifies whether asynchronous I/O is enabled. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
BOMFILE System Option	BOMFILE \| NOBOMFILE Specifies whether to write the byte order mark (BOM) prefix on Unicode-encoded external files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS National Language Support: Reference Guide
CC= System Option	CC=CR \| FORTRAN \| PRINT Tells SAS what type of carriage control to use when it writes to external files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
FILELBI System Option	FILELBI \| NOFILELBI Controls the use of the z/OS Large Block Interface support for BSAM and QSAM files, as well as files on tapes that have standard labels. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILELOCKS System Option	-FILELOCKS setting path \| path setting -FILELOCKS NONE \| FAIL \| CONTINUE \| RESET FILELOCKS=(setting path \| path setting) FILELOCKS=NONE \| FAIL \| CONTINUE \| RESET Specifies whether file locking is turned on or off and what action should be taken if a file cannot be locked. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
FILELOCKS= System Option	FILELOCKS= AUTO \| SHARED FILELOCKS= ( <path> <setting> [ ; <path> <setting> ]... ) Specifies the default SAS system file locking that is to be used for external files (both UFS and native MVS). Also specifies the operating system file locking to be used for UFS files (both SAS files and external files). Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
LRECL= System Option	LRECL=n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| nT \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the default logical record length to use for reading and writing external files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
LRECL= System Option	LRECL=n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| nT \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the default logical record length to use for reading and writing external files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
STARTLIB System Option	STARTLIB \| NOSTARTLIB Specifies whether SAS assigns user-defined permanent librefs when SAS starts. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
VSAMRLS System Option	VSAMRLS \| NOVSAMRLS Enables record-level sharing for a VSAM data set. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS

Files: SAS Files

Name	Syntax and Description
ALQMULT= System Option	ALQMULT=n Specifies the number of pages that are preallocated to a file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
ASYNCHIO System Option	ASYNCHIO \| NOASYNCHIO Specifies whether asynchronous I/O is enabled. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
BLKALLOC System Option	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= System Option	BLKSIZE=n \| nK \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the default block size for SAS libraries. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
BUFNO System Option	-BUFNO n \| nK \| nM\| nG \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX BUFNO=n \| nK \| nM\| nG\| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing a SAS data set. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
BUFNO System Option	-BUFNO n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX BUFNO= n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
BUFNO= System Option	BUFNO= n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
BUFNO= System Option	BUFNO= n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| nT \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
BUFSIZE System Option	-BUFSIZE n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| hexX \| MAX BUFSIZE=n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| hexX \| MAX Specifies the size of a permanent buffer page for an output SAS data set. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
BUFSIZE System Option	-BUFSIZE n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| hexX \| MAX BUFSIZE=n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| hexX \| MAX Specifies the permanent buffer page size for output SAS data sets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
BUFSIZE= System Option	BUFSIZE= n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| hexX \| MAX Specifies the permanent buffer page size for processing output SAS data sets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
BUFSIZE= System Option	BUFSIZE= n\| nK \| nM \| nG \| nT \|hexX \| MAX Specifies the permanent buffer page size for output SAS data sets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
CACHENUM= System Option	CACHENUM= n Specifies the number of caches used per SAS file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
CACHESIZE= System Option	CACHESIZE= n \| nK \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the size of cache that is used for each open SAS file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
CATCACHE System Option	-CATCACHE n \| nK \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
CATCACHE System Option	-CATCACHE n \| nK \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
CATCACHE= System Option	CATCACHE= n \| nK \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
CATCACHE= System Option	CATCACHE= n \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX \| Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open in cache memory. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
CATCACHE= System Option	CATCACHE=n \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CBUFNO= System Option	CBUFNO= n\| nK \| nM \| nG \| nT \| hexX \|MIN \| MAX Specifies the number of extra page buffers to allocate for each open SAS catalog. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
CMPLIB= System Option	CMPLIB= libref.data-set \| (libref.data-set-1 … libref.data-set-n) \| (libref.data-set-n – libref.data-set-m) Specifies one or more SAS data sets that contain compiler subroutines to include during program compilation. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
COMPRESS= System Option	COMPRESS=NO \| YES \| CHAR \| BINARY Specifies the type of compression of observations to use for output SAS data sets. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DATASTMTCHK= System Option	DATASTMTCHK=COREKEYWORDS \| ALLKEYWORDS \| NONE Specifies which SAS statement keywords are prohibited from being specified as a one-level DATA step name to protect against overwriting an input data set. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DEQMULT= System Option	DEQMULT= n Specifies the number of pages to extend a file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
DKRICOND= System Option	DKRICOND=ERROR \| WARN \| WARNING \| NOWARN \| NOWARNING Specifies the level of error detection to report when a variable is missing from an input data set during the processing of a DROP=, KEEP=, or RENAME= data set option. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DKROCOND= System Option	DKROCOND=ERROR \| WARN \| WARNING \| NOWARN \| NOWARNING Specifies the level of error detection to report when a variable is missing for an output data set during the processing of a DROP=, KEEP=, or RENAME= data set option. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DLDISPCHG System Option	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
DLDMGACTION= System Option	DLDMGACTION=FAIL \| ABORT \| REPAIR \| NOINDEX \| PROMPT Specifies the type of action to take when a SAS data set or a SAS catalog is detected as damaged. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
DLDSNTYPE System Option	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 System Option	DLEXCPCOUNT \| NODLEXCPCOUNT Reports number of EXCPs to direct access bound SAS libraries. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLHFSDIRCREATE System Option	DLHFSDIRCREATE \| NODLHFSDIRCREATE Creates a UFS directory for a SAS library that is specified with LIBNAME if the library does not exist. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLMSGLEVEL= System Option	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 System Option	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 System Option	DLTRUNCHK \| NODLTRUNCHK Enables checking for SAS library truncation. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ENGINE= System Option	ENGINE= engine-name Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
ENGINE System Option	-ENGINE engine-name Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
ENGINE System Option	-ENGINE engine-name Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ENGINE= System Option	ENGINE= engine-name Specifies the default access method for SAS libraries. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
FILEAUTHDEFER System Option	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
FILEDEV= System Option	FILEDEV=device-name Specifies the device name used for allocating new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILELOCKS System Option	-FILELOCKS setting path \| path setting -FILELOCKS NONE \| FAIL \| CONTINUE \| RESET FILELOCKS=(setting path \| path setting) FILELOCKS=NONE \| FAIL \| CONTINUE \| RESET Specifies whether file locking is turned on or off and what action should be taken if a file cannot be locked. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
FILELOCKS= System Option	FILELOCKS= AUTO \| SHARED FILELOCKS= ( <path> <setting> [ ; <path> <setting> ]... ) Specifies the default SAS system file locking that is to be used for external files (both UFS and native MVS). Also specifies the operating system file locking to be used for UFS files (both SAS files and external files). Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILELOCKWAITMAX= System Option	FILELOCKWAITMAX = wait-time Sets an upper limit on the time SAS will wait for a locked file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for the UNIX Environments
FILELOCKWAITMAX= System Option	FILELOCKWAITMAX =wait-time Sets an upper limit on the amount of time that SAS will wait for a locked file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
FILEMSGS System Option	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 System Option	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= System Option	FILESPPRI=primary-space-size Specifies the default primary space allocation for new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESPSEC= System Option	FILESPSEC=secondary-space-size Specifies the default secondary space allocation for new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESYNC= System Option	FILESYNC= SAS \| CLOSE \| HOST Specifies when operating system buffers that contain contents of permanent SAS files are written to disk. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESYNC= System Option	FILESYNC= SAS \| CLOSE \| HOST \| SAVE Specifies when operating system buffers that contain contents of permanent SAS files are written to disk. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
FILEUNIT= System Option	FILEUNIT=unit-type Specifies the default unit of allocation for new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEVOL= System Option	FILEVOL=volser \| (volser-1 . . . volser-n) Specifies which VOLSER to use for new physical files. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FIRSTOBS= System Option	FIRSTOBS= n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| nT \| hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies the observation number or external file record that SAS processes first. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
HSLXTNTS= System Option	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= System Option	HSMAXPGS=value Specifies the maximum number of hiperspace pages allowed in a SAS session. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSMAXSPC= System Option	HSMAXSPC=value Specifies the maximum number of hiperspaces allowed in a SAS session. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSSAVE System Option	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 System Option	HSWORK \| NOHSWORK Tells SAS to place the WORK library in a hiperspace. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
IBUFNO= System Option	IBUFNO= n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| nT \|hexX \| MIN \| MAX Specifies an optional number of extra buffers to be allocated for navigating an index file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
IBUFSIZE= System Option	IBUFSIZE= n \| nK \| nM \| nG \| nT \| hexX \| MAX Specifies the buffer page size for an index file. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
MEMCACHE System Option	-MEMCACHE 0 \| 1 \| 4 MEMCACHE= 0 \| 1 \| 4 Specifies to use the memory-based libraries as a SAS file cache. Product: Base SAS Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MEMLIB System Option	-MEMLIB \| -NOMEMLIB Specifies to process the Work library as a memory-based library.