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. However, there are more than 30 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
Edit Scheme
Enables you to change the default colors in edit windows.
SYNCONFIG
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
Select Font
(operating-environment specific)
Enables you to select a font, font style, and font size.
DLGFONT
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
Metabase
Accesses the SAS/EIS Metabase Facility to register data, to copy data registrations, and to create, delete, or edit repository files.
METABASE
Metadata Browser
Opens the Metadata Server Configuration dialog box.
METABROWSE
(not available on z/OS)
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)
Preferences
(operating-environment specific)
Enables you to set or edit SAS system preferences.
DLGPREF
Print
Enables you to print the content of an active SAS window through Universal Printing.
DMPRINT
Print Setup
Enables you to change your default printer, create or edit a printer definition, or delete a printer definition for Universal Printing.
DMPRTSETUP
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
SAS 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/ACCESS
ACCESS
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
SAS 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.