SAS(R) 9.2 Companion for OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers
- What's New in SAS 9.2 OpenVMS Companion
Running SAS under OpenVMS- Introduction to the OpenVMS Operating Environment
- Getting Started with SAS under OpenVMS
- Starting a SAS Session under OpenVMS
- Selecting a Mode of Operation under OpenVMS
- SAS Windowing Environment under OpenVMS
- Batch Mode under OpenVMS
- Interactive Line Mode under OpenVMS
- Noninteractive Mode under OpenVMS
- Running SAS in a SPAWN/NOWAIT Subprocess
- Running SAS in a Detached Process
- X Window Command-Line Options
- Techniques for Customizing Your SAS Session under OpenVMS
- Customizing Your SAS Session Using System Options
- Configuration Files
- Autoexec Files
- Customizing Your SAS Session Using OpenVMS Logical Names
- Issuing DCL Commands during a SAS Session
- Determining the Completion Status of a SAS Job under OpenVMS
- Interrupting a SAS Session under OpenVMS
- Ending Your SAS Session
- Identifying and Resolving Problems under OpenVMS
- Working in the SAS Windowing Environment
- Introduction to Working in the SAS Windowing Environment
- Description of SAS in the X Environment
- The SAS Session Manager under OpenVMS
- Displaying Function Key Definitions under OpenVMS
- The SAS ToolBox under OpenVMS
- Opening Files under OpenVMS
- Changing Your Current Working Directory under OpenVMS
- Searching for Character Strings under OpenVMS
- Replacing Character Strings under OpenVMS
- Setting Up Printers under OpenVMS
- Sending Mail from within Your SAS Session under OpenVMS
- Creating Icons for Windows under OpenVMS
- Using the Menus under OpenVMS
- Using the Mouse under OpenVMS
- SAS Interface to the TPU Editor
- Using Special Character Attributes under OpenVMS
- Getting Help for SAS
- Customizing the SAS Windowing Environment
- Overview of Customizing SAS in X Environments
- Overview of X Resources
- Methods for Customizing X Resources
- Editing the X Resource File
- Modifying X Resource Settings by Using the Preferences Dialog Box
- Customizing the SAS ToolBox under OpenVMS
- Customizing Key Definitions under OpenVMS
- Customizing Fonts under OpenVMS
- Customizing Colors under OpenVMS
- Controlling Menus under OpenVMS
- Customizing Cut-and-Paste Operations under OpenVMS
- Customizing Session Workspace, Session Gravity, and Window Sizes under OpenVMS
- Specifying User-Defined Icons under OpenVMS
- Miscellaneous Resources under OpenVMS
- Summary of X Resources for SAS under OpenVMS
- Using SAS Files
- Introduction to SAS Files, Libraries, and Engines under OpenVMS
- Common Types of SAS Files in OpenVMS
- The Work Library under OpenVMS
- The Sasuser Library
- Compatibility of Existing SAS Files with SAS 9.2
- Accessing SAS Files under OpenVMS
- Assigning Librefs under OpenVMS
- Assigning OpenVMS Logical Names
- Accessing Files in Concatenated SAS Libraries under OpenVMS
- How SAS Assigns an Engine When No Engine Is Specified
- Sharing Data between OpenVMS Platforms
- Multiuser Access to SAS Files under OpenVMS
- Estimating the Size of a SAS Data Set under OpenVMS
- Generation Data Sets under OpenVMS
- Using SAS Engines
- Overview of the SAS Engine
- Overview of the TAPE Engine under OpenVMS
- Engines Available under OpenVMS
- How to Select an Engine under OpenVMS
- Member Types Supported for V9, V8, and V7 Engines
- Engine/Host Options for the V9, V8, and V7 Engines
- The V6 Engine under OpenVMS
- The CONCUR Engine under OpenVMS
- The DBMS Interface Engine
- The OSIRIS and SPSS Engines under OpenVMS
- Using External Files and Devices
- Introduction to Using External Files and Devices under OpenVMS
- Identifying External Files to SAS
- Reading and Writing SAS Procedure Output Files under OpenVMS
- Displaying Information about External Files under OpenVMS
- Accessing Remote External Files under OpenVMS
- Reading from and Writing to OpenVMS Commands (Pipes)
- Sending Electronic Mail Using the FILENAME Statement (E-MAIL)
- Routing the SAS Log and SAS Procedure Output
- Overview to Routing Log and Procedure Output
- Attributes of the SAS Log and Procedure Output Files
- Overriding the Default Log and Output Destinations under OpenVMS
- Routing Output in the SAS Windowing Environment
- Routing Output in Interactive Line Mode
- Routing Output in Noninteractive Mode
- Routing Output in Batch Mode
- Using the PRTFILE Command under OpenVMS
- Accessing External Shared Images from SAS
- Viewing Output and Help in the Remote Browser
- Application Considerations
Features of the SAS Language for OpenVMS- Commands under OpenVMS
- SAS Commands under OpenVMS
- AUTOSCROLL Command
- CAPS Command
- COLOR Command
- DLGABOUT Command
- DLGCDIR Command
- DLGENDR Command
- DLGFIND Command
- DLGFONT Command
- DLGOPEN Command
- DLGPREF Command
- DLGREPLACE Command
- DLGSAVE Command
- DLGSCRDUMP Command
- FILE Command
- FILL Command
- FONTLIST Command
- HOME Command
- HOSTEDIT Command
- INCLUDE Command
- RESHOW Command
- TOOLCLOSE Command
- TOOLEDIT Command
- TOOLLARGE Command
- TOOLLOAD Command
- TOOLTIPS Command
- TPU Command
- UNDO Command
- WBROWSE Command
- WCOPY Command
- WCUT Command
- WPASTE Command
- WUNDO Command
- X Command
- Function-Key Commands
- Host-Specific Frames of the Form Window
- Data Set Options under OpenVMS
- SAS Data Set Options under OpenVMS
- Specifying Data Set Options
- Summary Table of SAS Data Set Options under OpenVMS
- ALQ= Data Set Option
- ALQMULT= Data Set Option
- ALTER= Data Set Option
- BKS= Data Set Option
- BUFSIZE= Data Set Option
- CACHENUM= Data Set Option
- CACHESIZE= Data Set Option
- CNTLLEV= Data Set Option
- DEQ= Data Set Option
- DEQMULT= Data Set Option
- LOCKREAD= Data Set Option
- LOCKWAIT= Data Set Option
- MBF= Data Set Option
- OUTREP= Data Set Option
- WORKCACHE= Data Set Option
- Formats under OpenVMS
- Functions and CALL Routines under OpenVMS
- SAS Functions under OpenVMS
- SAS CALL Routines under OpenVMS
- ASCEBC Function
- BYTE Function
- CALL FINDEND Routine
- CALL SYSTEM Routine
- COLLATE Function
- DELETE Function
- DINFO Function
- DOPEN Function
- DOPTNAME Function
- DOPTNUM Function
- EBCASC Function
- FDELETE Function
- FEXIST Function
- FILEATTR Function
- FILEEXIST Function
- FILENAME Function
- FILEREF Function
- FINDFILE Function
- FINFO Function
- FOPEN Function
- FOPTNAME Function
- FOPTNUM Function
- GETDVI Function
- GETJPI Function
- GETLOG Function
- GETMSG Function
- GETQUOTA Function
- GETSYM Function
- GETTERM Function
- LIBNAME Function
- LIBREF Function
- MODULE Function
- MOPEN Function
- NODENAME Function
- PATHNAME Function
- PEEKLONG Function
- PUTLOG Function
- PUTSYM Function
- RANK Function
- RENAME Function
- SETTERM Function
- SYSGET Function
- TERMIN Function
- TERMOUT Function
- TRANSLATE Function
- TTCLOSE Function
- TTCONTRL Function
- TTOPEN Function
- TTREAD Function
- TTWRITE Function
- VMS Function
- Informats under OpenVMS
- Procedures under OpenVMS
- Statements under OpenVMS
- System Options under OpenVMS
- SAS System Options under OpenVMS
- Determining How an Option Was Set under OpenVMS
- Summary of SAS System Options under OpenVMS
- ALQMULT= System Option
- ALTLOG= System Option
- ALTPRINT= System Option
- APPLETLOC= System Option
- AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN= System Option
- AUTOEXEC= System Option
- AUTOSAVELOC= System Option
- BUFNO= System Option
- BUFSIZE= System Option
- CACHENUM= System Option
- CACHESIZE= System Option
- CATCACHE= System Option
- CC= System Option
- CLEANUP System Option
- CONFIG= System Option
- DEQMULT= System Option
- DETACH System Option
- DEVICE= System Option
- DUMP= System Option
- EDITCMD= System Option
- EMAILSYS= System Option
- ENGINE= System Option
- EXPANDLNM System Option
- FILECC System Option
- FMTSEARCH= System Option
- FONTSLOC= System Option
- FULLSTIMER System Option
- GSFCC= System Option
- HELPHOST System Option
- HELPINDEX= System Option
- HELPLOC= System Option
- HELPPORT System Option
- HELPTOC= System Option
- INITSTMT= System Option
- JREOPTIONS= System Option
- LINESIZE= System Option
- LOADLIST= System Option
- LOG= System Option
- LOGMULTREAD System Option
- LOGPARM= System Option
- MAPS= System Option
- MEMSIZE= System Option
- MSG= System Option
- MSGCASE System Option
- MSYMTABMAX= System Option
- MVARSIZE= System Option
- NEWS= System Option
- OBS= System Option
- OPLIST System Option
- PAGENO= System Option
- PAGESIZE= System Option
- PARMCARDS= System Option
- PRINT= System Option
- REALMEMSIZE= System Option
- RSASUSER System Option
- SASAUTOS= System Option
- SASHELP= System Option
- SASUSER= System Option
- SORTPGM= System Option
- SORTSIZE= System Option
- SORTWORK= System Option
- SPAWN= System Option
- STACK= System Option
- STIMEFMT= System Option
- STIMER System Option
- SYSIN= System Option
- SYSPARM= System Option
- SYSPRINT= System Option
- TERMIO= System Option
- USER= System Option
- VERBOSE System Option
- WORK= System Option
- WORKCACHE= System Option
- XCMD System Option
- XCMDWIN System Option
- XKEYPAD System Option
- XLOG System Option
- XLOGICAL System Option
- XOUTPUT System Option
- XRESOURCES= System Option
- XSYMBOL System Option
- XTIMEOUT= System Option
- Macro Facility under OpenVMS
- Appendices
- Glossary
Index here
| Product | Release |
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| Base SAS | 9.2 |
- Type
- Usage and Reference
- Copyright Date
- March 2008
- Last Updated
- 15Apr2008
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| Procedures under OpenVMS |
FORMAT Procedure: OpenVMS
Creates user-defined formats and informats.
| OpenVMS specifics: | location of temporary formats and informats |
| See: | FORMAT Procedure in Base SAS Procedures Guide |
| Syntax | |
| Details |
Syntax |
| PROC FORMAT <options(s)>; |
Note: This is a simplified
version of the FORMAT procedure syntax. For the complete syntax and its explanation,
see the FORMAT procedure in
Base SAS Procedures Guide. ![[cautionend]](../../../../common/61925/HTML/default/images/cautend.gif)
- option(s)
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specifies the options that control the behavior of and information about formats and informats.
| Details |
The FORMAT procedure enables you to define your own informats and formats for variables.
Under OpenVMS, temporary formats and informats are stored in the temporary catalog FORMATS.SASEB$CATALOG in your WORK library.
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