• Contents
  • About
  • What's New in SAS 9.2 OpenVMS Companion
  • Running SAS under OpenVMS
    • Introduction to the OpenVMS Operating Environment
      • What Is the OpenVMS Operating Environment?
      • Access to OpenVMS
      • Basics of the OpenVMS File System
      • OpenVMS Filenames
      • OpenVMS File Types
      • OpenVMS File Types Used by SAS
      • OpenVMS Logical Names and Logical-Name Tables
      • The OpenVMS Digital Command Language
      • Data Security
    • 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
      • 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
      • Overview of Shared Images in SAS
      • The SASCBTBL Attribute Table
      • Special Considerations When Using External Shared Images
      • Examples of Accessing External Shared Images from SAS
    • Viewing Output and Help in the Remote Browser
      • What Is Remote Browsing?
      • Using Remote Browsing with ODS Output
      • Setting Up the Remote Browsing System
      • Making Changes to the SAS Remote Browser
  • Application Considerations
    • Data Representation
      • Numeric Variables in the OpenVMS on HP Integrity Servers Environment
      • Missing Values under OpenVMS
    • Optimizing System Performance
      • Overview of Optimizing OpenVMS System Performance
      • Data Set I/O under OpenVMS
      • External I/O under OpenVMS
      • System Start-Up under OpenVMS
      • Optimizing Memory Usage under OpenVMS
  • 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
    • Formats under OpenVMS
      • SAS Formats under OpenVMS
      • Writing Binary Data under OpenVMS
      • HEXw. Format
      • $HEXw. Format
      • IBw.d Format
      • PDw.d Format
      • PIBw.d Format
      • RBw.d Format
      • UICw. Format
      • VMSMSGw. Format
      • VMSTIMEF. Format
    • 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
      • SAS Informats under OpenVMS
      • Reading Binary Data under OpenVMS
      • HEXw. Informat
      • $HEXw. Informat
      • IBw.d Informat
      • PDw.d Informat
      • PIBw.d Informat
      • RBw.d Informat
      • VMSTIME. Informat
      • VMSZNw.d Informat
      • ZDw.d Informat
    • Procedures under OpenVMS
      • SAS Procedures under OpenVMS
      • CATALOG Procedure
      • CIMPORT Procedure
      • CONTENTS Procedure
      • CONVERT Procedure
      • CPORT Procedure
      • DATASETS Procedure
      • FORMAT Procedure
      • OPTIONS Procedure
      • PMENU Procedure
      • PRINTTO Procedure
      • SORT Procedure
      • VAXTOINTEG Procedure
    • Statements under OpenVMS
      • SAS Statements under OpenVMS
      • ABORT Statement
      • ATTRIB Statement
      • FILE Statement
      • FILENAME Statement
      • FOOTNOTE Statement
      • %INCLUDE Statement
      • INFILE Statement
      • LENGTH Statement
      • LIBNAME Statement
      • SYSTASK Statement
      • TITLE Statement
      • WAITFOR Statement
      • X Statement
    • 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
      • 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
      • PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN= 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
      • 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
      • About the SAS Macro Facility under OpenVMS
      • Automatic Macro Variables under OpenVMS
      • Macro Statements under OpenVMS
      • Macro Functions under OpenVMS
      • Autocall Libraries under OpenVMS
      • Stored Compiled Macro Facility under OpenVMS
      • Other Host-Specific Aspects of the Macro Facility under OpenVMS
  • Appendices
    • Error Messages
      • Overview of Error Messages under OpenVMS
      • OpenVMS Operating Environment Messages
      • Host Subsystem Messages under OpenVMS
      • TPU Interface Errors under OpenVMS
      • Concurrency Engine Errors under OpenVMS
    • The SAS$ROOT Directory
      • Introduction to the SAS$ROOT Directory
      • Contents of the SAS$ROOT Directory
    • Recommended Reading
  • Glossary


ProductRelease
Base SAS9.2
Type
Usage and Reference
Copyright Date
February 2009
Last Updated
15Jan2009