Using the Catalog Search Path

If you have programs, FRAME entries, or other SAS/AF catalog entries that you want SAS/ASSIST software to use, you can use the Catalog search path item to specify the names of the catalogs you want SAS/ASSIST software to search. SAS/ASSIST software searches the specified catalogs first whenever it is called on to run a SAS/AF program, FRAME entry, or other catalog entries. If SAS/ASSIST software does not find the requested entry, SAS/ASSIST software then searches its default catalogs.

Use the following instructions to set up a catalog search path.

1. Follow this selection path:Tasks  Setup  Environment  Catalog search pathThe Catalog Search Path window appears.

   Catalog Search Path Window

   

2. In the numbered fields, type the names of the catalogs that you want SAS/ASSIST software to search first for programs, FRAME entries, and other catalog entries, before searching the default catalogs. Use two-level catalog names in the form of libref.catalog. SAS/ASSIST software searches the catalogs you indicate in the order you type them (from the top down). To display a list of available catalogs, type ? in the first position of the catalog field and press ENTER. Select the catalog you want to use.

3. To enable the search path, select Use search path. This feature allows you to turn the search path on and off without having to retype the catalogs each time.

4. Select OK.

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