USER System Option: Windows

Specifies the name of the default permanent SAS library.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Environment control: Files
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	ENVFILES
Default:	none
Windows specifics:	Valid values for library-specification
See:	USER= System Option in SAS System Options: Reference

Syntax

Details

Syntax

-USER “library-specification”

USER=“library-specification”

Required Argument

library-specification: specifies the default libref, an environment variable, or Windows pathname in which to store data sets that are created during a SAS session. Remember that a pathname is only to the directory or subdirectory level. The value of library-specification must resolve to a valid Windows pathname.

Details

When you specify the USER system option, any data set that you create with a one-level name will be permanently stored in the specified library. If you want to create a temporary data set, use a two-level name for the data set, with the first part being Work (for example, work.tempdata).