Options to Specify File Paths for Table Storage

SPD Server strongly recommends that your site administrator defines SPD Server domain options in the SPD Server libnames.parm configuration file. However, in unusual cases, such as the SPD Server administrator being temporarily unavailable, the following four LIBNAME options can be issued by an SPD Server user to define domains and table file storage paths.

CREATE=

Summary

CREATE=

Summary

Creates the primary directory for an SPD Server domain, if it does not already exist.

Syntax

CREATE=YES | NO

Arguments

YES

creates the primary directory if it does not already exist.

fails the LIBNAME assignment if the primary directory does not already exist. This is the default setting.

Description

An SPD Server administrator defines the primary directory for the SPD Server domain in the LIBNAME parameter file. If CREATE= is set to YES, the software creates the directory (primary file system) in the event that an SPD Server administrator forgets to create it.

DATAPATH=

Summary

The SPD Server administrator for your site should use options in the SPD Server libnames.parm configuration file to define SPD Server domain options. However, if the SPD Server is temporarily unavailable, the following LIBNAME option can be issued by an SPD Server user to specify a list of initial or overflow paths to store data (.dpf) file partitions for an SPD Server table.

Syntax

DATAPATH=('filesystem' 'filesystem'...)

Arguments

'filesystem'

is a directory path for UNIX or Windows.

Example

Create partitions as needed by cycling through the directories specified, DATAFLOW1 directory on DISK1 and DATAFLOW2 directory on DISK2.

LIBNAME mylib sasspds 'spdsdata'
   datapath=('/disk1/dataflow1'
             '/disk2/dataflow2');

INDEXPATH=

Summary

The SPD Server administrator for your site should use options in the SPD Server libnames.parm configuration file to define SPD Server domain options. However, if the SPD Server is temporarily unavailable, the following LIBNAME option can be issued by an SPD Server user to specify a list of initial or overflow paths to store index (.hbx), (.idx), and (.aux) file partitions associated with an SPD Server table.

Syntax

INDEXPATH=('filesystem' 'filesystem'...)

Arguments

'filesystem'

is a directory path for UNIX or Windows.

Example

Create index file partitions as needed using the directories specified, IDXFLOW1 directory on DISK1 and IDXFLOW2 directory on DISK2.

LIBNAME mylib sasspds 'spdsdata'
   indexpath=('/disk1/idxflow1'
              '/disk2/idxflow2');

METAPATH=

Summary

The SPD Server administrator for your site should use options in the SPD Server libnames.parm configuration file to define SPD Server domain options. However, if the SPD Server is temporarily unavailable, the following LIBNAME option can be issued by an SPD Server user to specify a list of overflow paths to store metadata (.mdf) file partitions for an SPD Server table.

Syntax

METAPATH=( 'filesystem' 'filesystem'...)

Arguments

'filesystem'

is a directory path for UNIX or Windows.

Example

Create overflow metadata file partitions as needed using the directories specified, METAFLOW1 directory on DISK1 and METAFLOW2 directory on DISK2.

LIBNAME mylib sasspds 'spdsdata'
   metapath=('/disk1/metaflow1'
             '/disk2/metaflow2');