During an interactive SAS session, you can issue commands from the command bar, from
the command line within a SAS window, from the keyboard, or from the
toolbar. SAS supports many commands that help you to navigate your session and to accomplish
certain tasks. In many cases, the command is simply another way to invoke an action
that you can also accomplish by using the SAS menus and windows. However, advanced
users might find the supported commands to be a more efficient way to work. Commands
provide a more flexible way to accomplish a task if the parameters of your task are
different from what the SAS interface supports.
Most SAS windowing environment
commands are described in the SAS Help and Documentation. The commands
that are described here have syntax or behavior that is specific to
the Windows operating environment.