SAS Data Set Options

TOBSNO= Data Set Option

Specifies the number of observations to send in a client/server transfer.

Valid in:	DATA step and PROC steps
Category:	Data Set Control
Restriction:	The TOBSNO= option is valid only for data sets that are accessed through a SAS server via the REMOTE engine.

Syntax
Syntax Description
Details
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Syntax

TOBSNO=n

Syntax Description

n: specifies the number of observations to be transmitted.

Details

If the TOBSNO= option is not specified, its value is calculated based on the observation length and the size of the server's transmission buffers, as specified by the PROC SERVER statement TBUFSIZE= option.

The TOBSNO= option is valid only for data sets that are accessed through a SAS server via the REMOTE engine. If this option is specified for a data set opened for update or accessed via another engine, it is ignored.