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System Options under OpenVMS

Summary of SAS System Options under OpenVMS

The following table lists all the SAS system options that are available to SAS users under the OpenVMS operating environment. Many of these options have no system-dependent behavior and are described completely in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. Others are available only under OpenVMS and are completely described here. Other options are described both in this document and in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary. Use the following abbreviations to determine where to find more information about an option:

Access

SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference

AppSrv

SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide

Comp

indicates that the option is completely described in this section. Some options are not applicable to the OpenVMS operating environment; these options are listed in System Options That Are Not Applicable under OpenVMS.

Conn

SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

DQ

SAS Data Quality Server: Reference

DST

Encryption in SAS

Grid

Grid Computing in SAS

LR

SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

ARM

SAS Interface to Application Response Measurement: Reference

Log

SAS Logging Administration and Programming Guide

Macro

SAS Macro Language: Reference

Meta

SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata

NLS

SAS National Language Support Reference Guide

Share

SAS/SHARE User's Guide

SPDE

SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference

Web

indicates that the option is described in documentation on the SAS Web site (support.sas.com)

The table provides you with the following information about each SAS system option:

Remember that the default values listed in the following table are the default values that are hardcoded into SAS. When SAS is installed, the default values of SAS system options can be changed by specifying the options in a configuration file (when referenced by the SAS$CONFIG logical name in one or more of the CLUSTER, SYSTEM, GROUP, JOB, or PROCESS tables). Therefore, the values that you see in PROC OPTIONS output at your site might not match the values that are shown in the table. If you have a question about the default value for a particular option, use PROC OPTIONS, or ask your SAS Support Consultant. For more information about configuration files, see Configuration Files.

Summary of SAS System Options
Options Specification Can Restrict? Default Value SAS Invocation Configuration File SAS System Options Window OPTIONS Statement See
ALQMULT= Y 10 X X X X Comp
ALTLOG= Y none X X

Comp
ALTPRINT=
none X X

Comp
APPEND
none X X X X LR
APPLETLOC=
SAS$ROOT:[MISC.APPLETS] X X X X Comp, LR
ARMAGENT=
none X X X X ARM
ARMLOC=
ARMLOG.LOG X X X X ARM
ARMSUBSYS=
(ARM_NONE) X X X X ARM
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN=
none X X

Comp, LR
AUTOEXEC=
SAS$INIT if defined; otherwise, none X X

Comp
AUTOSAVELOC=
none X X X X Comp, LR
AUTOSIGNON
NOAUTOSIGNON X X X X Conn
BINDING=
DEFAULT X X X X LR
BOMFILE
BOMFILE X X X X NLS
BOTTOMMARGIN=
0.000 IN X X X X LR
BUFNO=
1 X X X X Comp, LR
BUFSIZE=
0 X X X X Comp, LR
BYERR
BYERR X X X X LR
BYLINE
BYLINE X X X X LR
BYSORTED
BYSORTED X X X X LR
CACHENUM=
5 X X X X Comp
CACHESIZE=
65024 X X X X Comp
CAPS
NOCAPS X X X X LR
CARDIMAGE
NOCARDIMAGE X X X X LR
CATCACHE=
0 X X

Comp, LR
CBUFNO=
0 X X X X LR
CC=
FORTRAN X X X X Comp
CENTER
CENTER X X X X LR
CGOPTIMIZE=
3 X X X X LR
CHARCODE
NOCHARCODE X X X X LR
CLEANUP
CLEANUP X X X X Comp, LR
CMDMAC
NOCMDMAC X X X X Macro
CMPLIB=
none X X X X LR
CMPMODEL
BOTH X X X X LR
CMPOPT=
NOEXTRAMATH, NOMISSCHECK, NOPRECISE, NOGUARDCHECK, NOFUNCDIFFERENCING X X X X LR
COLLATE
NOCOLLATE X X X X LR
COLORPRINTING
COLORPRINTING X X X X LR
COMAMID=
TCP X X X X Conn, Share
COMAUX1=
none X X

Share
COMPRESS=
NO X X X X LR, SPDE
CONFIG=
SAS$ROOT:[000000]SASV9.CFG X X

Comp
CONNECTMETA, CONNECTION
CONNECTMETA, CONNECTION X X X X Grid
CONNECTPERSIST
CONNECTPERSIST X X X X Conn
CONNECTREMOTE=
none X X X X Conn
CONNECTSTATUS
CONNECTSTATUS X X X X Conn
CONNECTWAIT
CONNECTWAIT X X X X Conn
COPIES=
1 X X X X LR
CPUCOUNT=
ACTUAL X X X X LR
CPUID
CPUID X X

LR
DATASTMTCHK=
COREKEYWORDS X X X X LR
DATE
DATE X X X X LR
DATESTYLE=
MDY X X X X LR, NLS
DBIDIRECTEXEC
NODBIDIRECTEXEC X X X X Access
DBSLICEPARM=
(THREADED_APPS, 2) X X X X Access
DBSRVTP=
NONE X X

Access
DEFLATION
6 X X X X LR
DEQMULT=
5 X X X X Comp
DETACH
DETACH X X

Comp
DETAILS
NODETAILS X X X X LR
DEVICE=
none X X X X Comp, LR
DFLANG=
ENGLISH X X X X NLS
DKRICOND=
ERROR X X X X LR
DKROCOND=
WARN X X X X LR
DLDMGACTION=
FAIL for batch mode; REPAIR for interactive mode X X X X LR
DMR
NODMR X X

LR, Conn
DMS
DMS X X

LR
DMSEXP
NODMSEXP X X

LR
DMSLOGSIZE=
99999 X X

LR
DMSOUTSIZE=
99999 X X

LR
DMSPGMLINESIZE=
136 X X

LR
DMSSYNCHK
NODMSSYNCHK X X X X LR
DQLOCALE=
none X X X X DQ
DQOPTIONS
none X X

DQ
DQSETUPLOC=
none X X X X DQ
DSNFERR
DSNFERR X X X X LR
DTRESET
NODTRESET X X X X LR
DUMP=
none X X X X Comp
DUPLEX
NODUPLEX X X X X LR
ECHOAUTO
NOECHOAUTO X X

LR
EDITCMD=
EDIT/TPU X X X X Comp
EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL=
NONE X X X X LR
EMAILFROM
NOEMAILFROM X X X X LR
EMAILHOST=
LOCALHOST X X

LR
EMAILID=
none X X X X LR
EMAILPORT=
25 X X X X LR
EMAILPW=
none X X X X LR
EMAILSYS=
SMTP X X X X Comp
ENCODING=
LATIN1 X X

NLS
ENGINE=
V9 X X

Comp, LR
ERRORABEND
NOERRORABEND X X X X LR
ERRORBYABEND
NOERRORBYABEND X X X X LR
ERRORCHECK=
NORMAL X X X X LR
ERRORS=
20 X X X X LR
EXPANDLNM
EXPANDLNM X X X X Comp
EXPLORER
NOEXPLORER X X

LR
FILECC
FILECC X X X X Comp
FILESYNC=
HOST X X

LR
FIRSTOBS=
1 X X X X LR
FMTERR
FMTERR X X X X LR
FMTSEARCH=
(WORK LIBRARY) X X X X Comp, LR
FONTEMBEDDING
FONTEMBEDDING X X X X LR
FONTRENDERING=
FREETYPE_POINTS X X X X LR
FONTSLOC=
SAS$ROOT:[MISC.FONTS] X X

Comp, LR
FORMCHAR=
|----|+|---+=|-/\<>* X X X X LR
FORMDLIM=
none X X X X LR
FORMS=
DEFAULT X X X X LR
FULLSTIMER
NOFULLSTIMER X X X X Comp
GSFCC=
PRINT X X X X Comp
GSTYLE
GSTYLE X X X X LR
GWINDOW
GWINDOW X X X X LR
HELPBROWSER
REMOTE X X X X LR
HELPENCMD
HELPENCMD X X

LR
HELPHOST=
none X X X X LR, Comp
HELPINDEX=
/help/common.hlp/index.txt, /help/common.hlp/keywords.htm, common.hhk X X

Comp
HELPLOC=
SAS$ROOT:[X11.NATIVE_HELP] X X

Comp
HELPPORT=
0 X X X X LR
HELPTOC=
/help/helpnav.hlp/navigation.xml, /help/common.hlp/toc.htm, common.hhc X X

Comp
HTTPSERVERPORTMAX=
0 X X

LR
HTTPSERVERPORTMIN
0 X X

LR
IBUFNO=
0 X X X X LR
IBUFSIZE=
0 X X X X LR
IMPLMAC
NOIMPLMAC X X X X Macro
INITCMD=
none X X

LR
INITSTMT=
none X X

Comp, LR
INSERT=
none X X X X LR
INTERVALDS=
none X X X X LR
INVALIDDATA=
a period (.) X X X X LR
IPADDRESS
NOIPADDRESS X X

Grid
JPEGQUALITY=
75 X X X X LR
JREOPTIONS=
dependent upon the Java environment X X

Comp
LABEL
LABEL X X X X LR
_LAST_=
_NULL_ X X X X LR
LEFTMARGIN=
0.000 IN X X X X LR
LINESIZE=

the display width setting for windowing environment and interactive line modes; 132 characters for noninteractive and batch modes

X X X X Comp, LR
LOADLIST=
none X X X X Comp
LOCALE=
ENGLISH_UNITEDSTATES X X X X NLS
LOCALELANGCHG
NOLOCALELANGCHG X X

NLS
LOG=
SYS$OUTPUT for interactive line mode, noninteractive, batch, and SAS windowing environment mode X X

Comp
LOGAPPLNAME=
none X X

Log
LOGCONFIGLOC=
none X X

Log
LOGMULTREAD
NOLOGMULTREAD X X

Comp
LOGPARM=
WRITE=BUFFERED ROLLOVER=NONE

OPEN=REPLACE

X X

Comp, LR
LRECL=
256 X X X X LR
MACRO
MACRO X X

Macro
MAPS=
SAS$MAPS: X X X X Comp, LR
MAUTOLOCDISPLAY
NOMAUTOLOCDISPLAY X X X X Macro
MAUTOSOURCE
MAUTOSOURCE X X X X Macro
MAXSEGRATIO=
75 X X X X SPDE
MCOMPILE
MCOMPILE X X X X Macro
MCOMPILENOTE=
NONE X X X X Macro
MEMSIZE=
0 X X

Comp
MERGENOBY=
NOWARN X X X X LR
MERROR
MERROR X X X X Macro
METAAUTORESOURCES=
none X X

Meta
METACONNECT=
NULL X X X X Meta
METAENCRYPTALG=
SASPROPRIETARY X X

Meta
METAENCRYPTLEVEL=
CREDENTIALS X X

Meta
METAPASS=
none X X X X Meta
METAPORT=
8561 X X X X Meta
METAPROFILE=
metaprofile.xml in the current working directory X X

Meta
METAPROTOCOL
BRIDGE X X X X Meta

METAREPOSITORY=


Foundation X X X X Meta
METASERVER=
none X X X X Meta
METASPN=
none X X X X Meta
METAUSER=
none X X X X Meta
MEXECNOTE
NOMEXECNOTE X X X X Macro
MEXECSIZE
65536 X X X X Macro
MFILE
NOMFILE X X X X Macro
MINDELIMITER=
none X X X X Macro
MINOPERATOR
NOMINOPERATOR X X X X Macro
MINPARTSIZE=
16777216 X X

SPDE
MISSING=
a period (.) X X X X LR
MLOGIC
NOMLOGIC X X X X Macro
MLOGICNEST
NOMLOGICNEST X X X X Macro
MPRINT
NOMPRINT X X X X Macro
MPRINTNEST
NOMPRINTNEST X X X X Macro
MRECALL
NOMRECALL X X X X Macro
MREPLACE
MREPLACE X X X X Macro
MSG=
SAS$MSG: X X

Comp
MSGCASE
NOMSGCASE X X

Comp
MSGLEVEL=
N X X X X LR
MSTORED
NOMSTORED X X X X Macro
MSYMTABMAX=
51200 X X X X Macro, Comp
MULTENVAPPL
NOMULTENVAPPL X X X X LR
MVARSIZE=
8192 X X X X Macro, Comp
NETENCRYPT
NONETENCRYPT X X X X DST
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM=
none X X X X DST
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN=
0 X X X X DST
NEWS=
SAS$NEWS: X X

Comp, LR
NLSCOMPATMODE
NONLSCOMPATMODE X X

NLS
NOTES
NOTES X X X X LR
NUMBER
NUMBER X X X X LR
OBJECTSERVER
NOOBJECTSERVER X X

AppSrv
OBJECTSERVERPARMS
none X X

AppSrv
OBS=
9223372036854775807 X X X X Comp, LR
OPLIST
NOOPLIST X X

Comp
ORIENTATION=
PORTRAIT X X X X LR
OVP
NOOVP X X X X LR
PAGEBREAKINITIAL
NOPAGEBREAKINITIAL X X

LR
PAGENO=
1 X X X X Comp, LR
PAGESIZE=
display page size for windowing environment and interactive line modes; 60 lines for noninteractive and batch modes X X X X Comp, LR
PAPERDEST=
none X X X X LR
PAPERSIZE=
LETTER X X X X LR
PAPERSOURCE=
none X X X X LR
PAPERTYPE=
PLAIN X X X X LR
PARM=
none X X X X LR
PARMCARDS=
FT15F001 X X X X Comp, LR
PDFACCESS
PDFACCESS X X X X LR
PDFASSEMBLY
NOPDFASSEMBLY X X X X LR
PDFCOMMENT
NOPDFCOMMENT X X X X LR
PDFCONTENT
NOPDFCONTENT X X X X LR
PDFCOPY
PDFCOPY X X X X LR
PDFFILLIN
PDFFILLIN X X X X LR
PDFPAGELAYOUT=
DEFAULT X X X X LR
PDFPAGEVIEW=
DEFAULT X X X X LR
PDFPASSWORD

X X X X LR
PDFPRINT
HRES X X X X LR
PDFSECURITY
NONE X X X X LR
PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN=
none X X

Comp, LR
PRINT=
none for line mode or windowing environment; SYS$OUTPUT for batch X X

Comp
PRINTERPATH=
PostScript Level 1 X X X X LR
PRINTINIT
NOPRINTINIT X X

LR
PRINTMSGLIST
PRINTMSGLIST X X X X LR
QUOTELENMAX
QUOTELENMAX X X X X LR
REALMEMSIZE=
0 X X

Comp
REPLACE
REPLACE X X X X LR
REUSE=
NO X X X X LR
RIGHTMARGIN=
0.000 IN X X X X LR
RSASIOTRANSERROR
RSASIOTRANSERROR X X X X NLS
RSASUSER
NORSASUSER X X

Comp, LR
S=
0 X X X X LR
S2=
0 X X X X LR
S2V
0 X X X X LR
SASAUTOS=
SASAUTOS logical name X X X X Macro, Comp
SASCMD=
none X X X X Conn
SASFRSCR=
none X X X X Conn
SASHELP=
SAS$HELP: X X

Comp, LR
SASMSTORE=
none X X X X Macro
SASSCRIPT=
none X X X X Conn
SASUSER=
SAS$USER: X X

Comp, LR
SECPACKAGE=
Negotiate X X

AppSrv
SECPACKAGELIST=
Kerberos,NTLM X X

AppSrv
SEQ=
8 X X X X LR
SERROR
SERROR X X X X Macro
SETINIT
NOSETINIT X X

LR
SHARESESSIONCNTL=
SERVER X X X X Share
SIGNONWAIT
SIGNONWAIT X X X X Conn
SKIP=
0 X X X X LR
SOLUTIONS
SOLUTIONS X X

LR
SORTDUP=
PHYSICAL X X X X LR
SORTEQUALS
SORTEQUALS X X X X LR
SORTPGM=
BEST X X X X Comp
SORTSEQ=
none X X X X NLS
SORTSIZE=
MAX X X X X Comp, LR
SORTWORK=
none X X X X Comp
SORTVALIDATE
NOSORTVALIDATE X X X X LR
SOURCE
SOURCE X X X X LR
SOURCE2
NOSOURCE2 X X X X LR
SPAWN=
WAIT X X

Comp
SPDEINDEXSORTSIZE=
33554432 X X X X SPDE
SPDEMAXTHREADS=
0 X X

SPDE
SPDESORTSIZE=
33554432 X X X X SPDE
SPDEUTILLOC=
none X X

SPDE
SPDEWHEVAL=
COST X X X X SPDE
SPOOL
NOSPOOL X X X X LR
SQLCONSTDATETIME
SQLCONSTDATETIME X X X X LR
SQLMAPPUTTO=
NONE X X X X Access
SQLREDUCEPUT=
DBMS X X X X LR
SQLREDUCEPUTOBS=
0 X X X X LR
SQLREDUCEPUTVALUES=
0 X X X X

LR

SQLREMERGE
SQLREMERGE X X X X

LR

SQLUNDOPOLICY=
REQUIRED X X X X

LR

SSLCALISTLOC=
none X X X X DST
SSLCERTLOC=
none X X X X DST
SSLCLIENTAUTH
NOSSLCLIENTAUTH X X X X DST
SSLCRLCHECK
NOSSLCRLCHECK X X X X DST
SSLCRLLOC=
none X X X X DST
SSLPVTKEYLOC=
none X X X X DST
SSLPVTKEYPASS=
none X X X X DST
SSPI
NOSSPI X X

AppSrv
STARTLIB
STARTLIB X X

LR
STEPCHKPT
NOSTEPCHKPT X X

LR
STEPCHKPTLIB
WORK X X


LR

STEPRESTART
NOSTEPRESTART X X

LR
STIMEFMT
M X X X X Comp
STIMER
STIMER X X X X Comp
SUMSIZE=
0 X X X X LR
SVGCONTROLBUTTONS
NOSVGCONTROLBUTTONS X X X X LR
SVGHEIGHT=
none X X X X LR
SVGPRESERVEASPECTRATIO=

none

X X X X LR
SVGTITLE=
none X X X X LR
SVGVIEWBOX=
none X X X X LR
SVGWIDTH=
none X X X X

LR

SVGX=
none X X X X LR
SVGY=
none X X X X LR
SYMBOLGEN
NOSYMBOLGEN X X X X Macro
SYNTAXCHECK
SYNTAXCHECK X X X X LR
SYSIN=
none X X

Comp
SYSPARM=
none X X X X Comp, Macro
SYSPRINT=
SYS$PRINT: X X X X Comp
SYSPRINTFONT=
none X X X X LR
SYSRPUTSYNC
NOSYSRPUTSYNC X X X X Conn
TBUFSIZE=
0 X X X X Conn, Share
TCPPORTFIRST=
0 X X X X Conn
TCPPORTLAST=
0 X X X X Conn
TERMINAL
TERMINAL X X

LR
TERMIO=
NOBLOCK X X

Comp
TERMSTMT=
none X X

LR
TEXTURELOC=
SAS$ROOT:[MISC.TEXTURES] X X X X LR
THREADS
THREADS X X X X LR
TOOLSMENU
TOOLSMENU X X

LR
TOPMARGIN=
0.000 IN X X X X LR
TRAINLOC=
SAS$TRAINLOC logical value X X

LR
TRANTAB=
none X X X X NLS
UNIVERSALPRINT
UNIVERSALPRINT X X

LR
UPRINTCOMPRESSION
UPRINTCOMPRESSION X X X X LR
USER=
none X X X X Comp, LR
UTILLOC=
WORK X X

LR
UUIDCOUNT=
100 X X X X LR
UUIDGENDHOST=
none X X

LR
V6CREATEUPDATE
NOTE X X

LR
VALIDFMTNAME=
LONG X X X X LR
VALIDVARNAME=
V7 X X X X LR, Access
VARLENCHK=
WARN X X X X LR
VERBOSE
NOVERBOSE X


Comp
VIEWMENU
VIEWMENU X X

LR
VNFERR
VNFERR X X X X LR
WORK=
SAS$WORKROOT:
X X

Comp, LR
WORKINIT
WORKINIT X X

LR
WORKTERM
WORKTERM X X X X LR
WORKCACHE=
65024 X X X X Comp
XCMD
XCMD X X

Comp
XCMDWIN
XCMDWIN X X

Comp
XKEYPAD
XKEYPAD X X X X Comp
XLOG
NOXLOG X X X X Comp
XLOGICAL
XLOGICAL X X X X Comp
XOUTPUT
XOUTPUT X X X X Comp
XRESOURCES=
none X X

Comp
XSYMBOL
XSYMBOL X X X X Comp
XTIMEOUT=
none X X X X Comp
YEARCUTOFF=
1920 X X X X LR


System Options That Are Not Applicable under OpenVMS

The following SAS system options are not applicable in the OpenVMS operating environment:

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