Introduction to the SAS Windowing Environment

List of SAS Windows and Window Commands

The basic SAS windows consist of the Explorer, Results, Program Editor, Enhanced Editor (Windows operating environment), Log, and Output windows, but there are more than thirty other windows to help you with such tasks as printing and fine-tuning your SAS session.

The following table lists all portable SAS windows, window descriptions, and the commands that open the windows.

List of SAS Windows, Descriptions, and Window Commands
Window Name	Description	Window Commands
Documents	Displays your ODS Documents in a hierarchical tree structure.	ODSDOCUMENTS
Explorer	Provides a central access point to data such as catalogs, libraries, data sets and host files.	ACCESS, BUILD, CATALOG, DIR, EXPLORER, FILENAME, LIBNAME, V6CAT, V6DIR, V6FILENAME, V6LIBNAME
Explorer Options	Enables you to add or delete file types, change or add pop-up menu items, select folders that appear in the Explorer, and display member details.	DMEXPOPTS
File Shortcut Assignment	Assigns a file shortcut to a file using a graphical user interface.	DMFILEASSIGN
Find	Enables you to search for an expression in a SAS library.	EXPFIND
FOOTNOTES	Enables you to enter, browse, and modify footnotes for output.	FOOTNOTES
FSBrowse	Enables you to select a data set for browsing.	FSBROWSE
FSEdit	Enables you to select a data set to be processed by the FSEDIT procedure.	FSEDIT
FSForm	Enables you to customize a form for sending output to the printer.	FSFORM formname
FSLetter	Enables you to edit or create catalog entries.	FSLETTER
FSList	Enables you to browse external files in a SAS session.	FSLIST
FSView	Enables you to browse, edit, or create a SAS data set, displaying the data set as a table with rows and columns.	FSVIEW
Help	Displays help information about SAS.	HELP
Keys	Enables you to browse, alter, and save function key settings.	KEYS
Log	Displays messages and SAS statements for the current SAS session.	LOG
Metafind	Enables you to search for metadata objects in repositories by using Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs).	METAFIND
Metadata Server Connections	Enables you to import, export, add, remove, reorder, and test metadata server connections.	METACON
New Library	Enables you to create a new SAS library and assign a libref.	DMLIBASSIGN
NOTEPAD	Enables you to create and store notepads of text.	NOTEPAD, NOTE, FILEPAD filename
Options (SAS system options)	Enables you to view and change some SAS system options.	OPTIONS
Output	Displays procedure output in listing format.	OUTPUT, OUT, LISTING, LIST, LST
Page Setup	Enables you to specify page setup options that apply to Universal Printing jobs.	DMPAGESETUP
Password	Enables you to edit, assign, or clear passwords for a particular data set.	SETPASSWORD (followed by a two-level data set name)
Print	Enables you to print the content of an active SAS window through Universal Printing.	DMPRINT
Program Editor	Enables you to enter, edit, and submit SAS statements and save source files.	PROGRAM, PGM
Properties	Shows details that are associated with the current data set.	VAR libref.SAS-data-set, V6VAR libref.SAS-data-set
Registry Editor	Enables you to edit the SAS registry and to customize aspects of the SAS windowing environment.	REGEDIT
Results	Lists the procedure output that is produced by SAS.	ODSRESULTS
SAS/AF	Displays windowing applications that are created by SAS/AF software.	AF, AFA
SAS/ASSIST	Displays the primary menu of SAS/ASSIST software, which simplifies the use of SAS.	ASSIST
SASCOLOR	Enables you to change default colors for the different window elements in your SAS windows.	SASCOLOR
SQL QUERY	Enables you to build, run, and save queries without being familiar with Structured Query Language (SQL).	QUERY
System Options	Enables you to change SAS system option settings.	OPTIONS
Templates	Enables you to browse and edit template source code.	ODSTEMPLATES
TITLES	Enables you to enter, browse, and modify titles for output.	TITLES
VIEWTABLE	Enables you to browse, edit, or create tables (data sets).	VIEWTABLE, VT

Note: Some additional SAS windows that are specific to your operating environment might also be available. Refer to the SAS documentation for your operating environment for more information. [cautionend]

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