OPTLOAD Procedure

PROC OPTLOAD Statement

Loads saved setting of SAS system options that are stored in the SAS registry or in a SAS data set.

Syntax

PROC OPTLOAD <options>;

Summary of Optional Arguments

Load SAS system option settings from an existing data set.
Load SAS system option settings from an existing registry key.

Optional Arguments

DATA=libref.dataset
specifies the library and data set name from where SAS system option settings are loaded. The SAS variable OPTNAME contains the character value of the SAS system option name, and the SAS variable OPTVALUE contains the character value of the SAS system option setting.
Default:If you omit the DATA= option and the KEY= option, the procedure will use the default SAS library and data set. The default library is where the current user profile resides. Unless you specify a library, the default library is SASUSER. If SASUSER is being used by another active SAS session, then the temporary WORK library is the default location from which the data set is loaded. The default data set name is MYOPTS.
Requirement:The SAS library and data set must exist.
KEY="SAS registry key"
specifies the location in the SAS registry of stored SAS system option settings. The registry is retained in SASUSER. If SASUSER is not available, then the temporary WORK library is used. For example, KEY="OPTIONS".
Requirements:"SAS registry key" must be an existing SAS registry key.

You must use quotation marks around the "SAS registry key" name. Separate the names in a sequence of key names with a backslash (\). For example, KEY="CORE\OPTIONS".