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What's New Table of Contents

What's New in the Base SAS 9.0, 9.1, and 9.1.3 Language

Overview

New and enhanced features in Base SAS save you time, effort, and system resources by providing faster processing and easier data access and management, more robust analysis, and improved data presentation.

• By using new SAS system options that enable threading and the use of multiple CPUs, the following SAS procedures take advantage of multi-processing I/O: SORT, SQL, MEANS, TABULATE, and REPORT.
• The LIBNAME statement now supports secure access to SAS libraries on a WebDAV server.
• You can now use longer, easier-to-read names for user-created formats and informats.
• Two pre-defined component objects for the DATA step enable you to quickly store, search, and retrieve data based on lookup keys.
• The FILENAME statement now supports directory services, multiple FTP service commands, and Secure Sockets Layering (SSL).
• The Application Response Measurement (ARM) system enables you to monitor the availability and performance of transactions within and across diverse applications.
• The Perl regular expression (PRX) functions and CALL routines use a modified version of Perl as a pattern-matching language to enhance search-and-replace operations on text.
• New character functions search and compare character strings in addition to concatenating character strings.
• There are several new descriptive statistic functions and mathematical functions.
• New formats, informats, and functions support international and local values for money, datetime, and Unicode values. All data set options, formats, informats, functions, and system options that relate to national language support are documented in the new SAS National Language Support (NLS): User's Guide.
• A new ODS statement enables you to render multiple ODS output formats without re-running a PROC or a DATA step. See the SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide.

Note:   

• This section describes the features of Base SAS that are new or enhanced since SAS 8.2.
• z/OS is the successor to the OS/390 operating system. SAS 9.1 (and later) is supported on both OS/390 and z/OS operating systems and, throughout this document, any reference to z/OS also applies to OS/390, unless otherwise stated.

  

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SAS System Features

Application Response Measurement (ARM)

Application Response Measurement (ARM) enables you to monitor the availability and performance of transactions within and across diverse applications. The SAS ARM interface consists of the implementation of the ARM API as ARM macros and an ARM agent. An ARM agent generates calls to the ARM macros. New ARM system options enable you to manage the ARM environment and to log internal SAS processing transactions.

Cross-Environment Data Access (CEDA)

CEDA processes SAS files that were created on a different host. This is especially useful if you have upgraded from a 32-bit platform to a 64-bit platform. Messages in the SAS log notify you when CEDA is being used to process a SAS file. See "Processing Data Using Cross-Environment Data Access (CEDA)" in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

DATA Step Object Attributes and Methods

SAS now provides two pre-defined component objects for use in a DATA step: the hash object and the hash iterator object. These objects enable you to quickly and efficiently store, search, and retrieve data based on lookup keys.

The DATA step component object interface enables you to create and manipulate these component objects by using statements, attributes, and methods. You use the DATA step object dot notation to access the component object's attributes and methods.

The hash and hash iterator objects have one attribute, fourteen methods, and two statements associated with them. See DATA Step Object Attributes and Methods.

Engines

• The default BASE engine in SAS supports longer format and informat names, thread-enabled procedures such as the SORT and SUMMARY procedures, and more than 32,767 variables in a SAS data set.
• The metadata LIBNAME engine enables you to use metadata in order to access and augment data that is identified by the metadata. The metadata engine retrieves information about the target SAS data library from metadata objects in a specified SAS Metadata Repository on the SAS Metadata Server. The metadata engine provides a consistent method for accessing many data sources. That is, SAS provides different engines that have different options, behavior, and tuning requirements. By taking advantage of metadata, the necessary information that is required to access data can be created in one central location so that applications can use the metadata engine to access different sources of data, without having to understand the differences and details of each SAS engine. See the SAS Metadata LIBNAME Engine: User's Guide.
• The XML LIBNAME engine imports and exports a broader variety of XML documents. The XMLMAP= option specifies a separate XML document that contains specific XMLMap syntax. The XMLMap syntax, Version 1.2, tells the XML engine how to interpret the XML markup in order to successfully import an XML document. See the SAS Metadata LIBNAME Engine: User's Guide.
• The new SASEDOC LIBNAME engine enables you to bind output objects that persist in an ODS document. See the SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide.
• The new SAS Information Maps LIBNAME Engine provides a read-only way to access data that is generated from a SAS Information Map and to bring it into a SAS session. After you retrieve the data, you can run almost any SAS procedure against it. See the Base SAS Guide to Information Maps.
• The new character variable padding (CVP) engine expands character variable lengths, using a specified expansion amount, so that character data truncation does not occur when a file requires transcoding. Character data truncation can occur when the number of bytes for a character in one encoding is different from the number of bytes for the same character in another encoding, such as when a single-byte character set (SBCS) is transcoded to a double-byte character set (DBCS). See the SAS National Language Support (NLS): User's Guide.

Indexing

When creating an index that requires sorting, SAS tries to sort the data by using the thread-enabled sort. By dividing the sorting task into separately executable processes, the time that is required to sort the data can be reduced. See the topic "Creating an Index" in Understanding SAS Indexes in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

Integrity Constraints

Variables in a SAS data file can now be part of both a primary key (general integrity constraint) and a foreign key (referential integrity constraint). However, there are restrictions when defining a primary key constraint and a foreign key constraint that use the same variables. See the topic "Overlapping Primary Key and Foreign Key Constraints" in Understanding Integrity Constraints in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

Restricted System Options

System administrators can restrict system options from being modified by a user. You can use the RESTRICT option in the OPTIONS procedure to list the restricted options. The implementation of restricted options is specific to the operating environment. For details about how to restrict options, see the configuration guide for your operating environment. For information about listing restricted options, see the OPTIONS procedure in the Base SAS Procedures Guide.

SAS Utility Macro

The SAS utility macro, %DS2CSV, is available now in Base SAS. This macro converts SAS data sets to comma-separated values (CSV) files. Prior to SAS 9.1, this macro was available only for SAS/IntrNet users.

Universal Unique Identifiers

A Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit identifier that consists of date and time information, and the IEEE node address of a host. UUIDs are useful when objects such as rows or other components of a SAS application must be uniquely identified. For more information, see Universal Unique Identifiers in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

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SAS Language Elements

Descriptions of the new and enhanced language elements for national language support can be found in What's New for SAS 9.0 and 9.1 National Language Support in the SAS National Language Support (NLS): User's Guide.

Data Set Options

• The following data set options are new:

  OBSBUF=

  determines the size of the view buffer for processing a DATA step view.

  SPILL=

  specifies whether to create a spill file for non-sequential processing of a DATA step view.

• The following data set options are enhanced:

  BUFNO=

  supports the same syntax as the BUFNO= system option in order to specify the number of buffers to be allocated for processing a SAS data set.

  BUFSIZE=

  supports the same syntax as the BUFSIZE= system option in order to specify the permanent buffer page size for an output SAS data set.

  FIRSTOBS=

  supports the same syntax as the FIRSTOBS= system option in order to specify which observation SAS processes first.

  OBS=

  supports the same syntax as the OBS= system option in order to specify when to stop processing observations.

Formats

• The maximum length for character format names is increased to 31. The maximum length for numeric format names is increased to 32.
• Several formats have been enhanced with default and range values.
• The following formats are new:

  MMYY

  writes date values in the form mmM<yy>yy, where M is the separator and the year is written in either 2 or 4 digits.

  PERCENTN

  produces percentages, using a minus sign for negative values.

  YYMM

  writes date values in the form <yy>yyMmm, where the year is written in either 2 or 4 digits and M is the separator.

  YYQ

  writes date values in the form <yy>yyQq, where the year is written in either 2 or 4 digits, Q is the separator, and Q is the quarter of the year.

  YYQR

  writes date values in the form <yy>yyQqr, where the year is written in either 2 or 4 digits, Q is the separator, and QR is the quarter of the year expressed in Roman numerals.

• The PVALUE format now returns missing values that are specified by the MISSING= system option.

Functions and CALL Routines

New functions and CALL routines include character, mathematical, descriptive statistical, and special functions, and character-string matching functions that can use PERL expressions.

• The following character functions are new:

  ANYALNUM

  searches a character string for an alphanumeric character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYALPHA

  searches a character string for an alphabetic character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYCNTRL

  searches a character string for a control character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYDIGIT

  searches a character string for a digit and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYFIRST

  searches a character string for a character that is valid as the first character in a SAS variable name under VALIDVARNAME=V7, and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  ANYGRAPH

  searches a character string for a graphical character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYLOWER

  searches a character string for a lowercase letter and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYNAME

  searches a character string for a character that is valid in a SAS variable name under VALIDVARNAME=V7, and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  ANYPRINT

  searches a character string for a printable character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYPUNCT

  searches a character string for a punctuation character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYSPACE

  searches a character string for a white-space character (blank, horizontal tab, vertical tab, carriage return, line feed, or form feed), and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYUPPER

  searches a character string for an uppercase letter and returns the first position at which it is found.

  ANYXDIGIT

  searches a character string for a hexadecimal character that represents a digit and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  CAT

  concatenates character strings without removing leading or trailing blanks.

  CATS

  concatenates character strings and removes leading and trailing blanks.

  CATT

  concatenates character strings and removes trailing blanks only.

  CATX

  concatenates character strings, removes leading and trailing blanks, and inserts separators.

  CHOOSEC

  returns a character value that represents the results of choosing from a list of arguments.

  CHOOSEN

  returns a numeric value that represents the results of choosing from a list of arguments.

  COMPARE

  returns the position of the left-most character by which two strings differ, or returns 0 if there is no difference.

  COMPGED

  compares two strings by computing the generalized edit distance.

  COMPLEV

  compares two strings by computing the Levenshtein edit distance.

  COUNT

  counts the number of times that a specific substring of characters appears within a character string that you specify.

  COUNTC

  counts the number of specific characters that either appear or do not appear within a character string that you specify.

  FIND

  searches for a specific substring of characters within a character string that you specify.

  FINDC

  searches for specific characters that either appear or do not appear within a character string that you specify.

  IFC

  returns a character value that matches an expression.

  IFN

  returns a numeric value that matches an expression.

  LENGTHC

  returns the length of a character string, including trailing blanks.

  LENGTHM

  returns the amount of memory (in bytes) that is allocated for a character string.

  LENGTHN

  returns the length of a non-blank character string, excluding trailing blanks, and returns 0 for a blank character string.

  NLITERAL

  converts a character string that you specify to a SAS name literal (n-literal).

  NOTALNUM

  searches a character string for a non-alphanumeric character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  NOTALPHA

  searches a character string for a non-alphabetic character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  NOTCNTRL

  searches a character string for a character that is not a control character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  NOTDIGIT

  searches a character string for any character that is not a digit and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  NOTFIRST

  searches a character string for an invalid first character in a SAS variable name under VALIDVARNAME=V7, and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  NOTGRAPH

  searches a character string for a non-graphical character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  NOTLOWER

  searches a character string for a character that is not a lowercase letter and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  NOTNAME

  searches a character string for an invalid character in a SAS variable name under VALIDVARNAME=V7, and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  NOTPRINT

  searches a character string for a non-printable character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  NOTPUNCT

  searches a character string for a character that is not a punctuation character and returns the first position at which it is found.

  NOTSPACE

  searches a character string for a character that is not a white-space character (blank, horizontal tab, vertical tab, carriage return, line feed, or form feed), and returns the first position at which it is found.

  NOTUPPER

  searches a character string for a character that is not an uppercase letter and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  NOTXDIGIT

  searches a character string for a character that is not a hexadecimal digit and returns the first position at which that character is found.

  NVALID

  checks a character string for validity for use as a SAS variable name in a SAS statement.

  PROPCASE

  converts all words in an argument to proper case.

  PRXCHANGE

  performs a pattern-matching replacement.

  PRXPOSN

  returns the value for a capture buffer.

  SCANQ

  returns the ^th word from a character expression and ignores delimiters that are enclosed in quotation marks.

  STRIP

  returns a character string with all leading and trailing blanks removed.

  SUBPAD

  returns a substring that has a length you specify, using blank padding if necessary.

  SUBSTRN

  returns a substring that allows a result with a length of 0.

• The following descriptive statistics functions are new:

  GEOMEAN

  returns the geometric mean.

  GEOMEANZ

  returns the geometric mean without fuzzing the values of the arguments that are approximately 0.

  HARMEAN

  returns the harmonic mean.

  HARMEANZ

  returns the harmonic mean without fuzzing the values of the arguments that are approximately 0.

  IQR

  returns the interquartile range.

  LARGEST

  returns the k^th largest non-missing value.

  MAD

  returns the median absolute deviation from the median.

  MEDIAN

  computes median values.

  MODZ

  returns the remainder from the division of the first argument by the second argument; uses 0 fuzzing.

  PCTL

  computes percentiles.

  RMS

  returns the root mean square.

  SMALLEST

  returns the k^th smallest non-missing value.

• The following External Files function is new:

  DCREATE

  creates an external directory.

• The following macro functions are new:

  SYMEXIST

  indicates the existence of a macro variable.

  SYMGLOBL

  indicates whether a macro variable has global scope in the DATA step during DATA step execution.

  SYMLOCAL

  indicates whether a macro variable has local scope in the DATA step during DATA step execution.

• The following mathematical functions are new:

  BETA

  returns the value of the beta function.

  COALESCE

  returns the first non-missing value from a list of numeric arguments.

  COALESCEC

  returns the first non-missing value from a list of character arguments.

  LOGBETA

  returns the logarithm of the beta function.

• The following probability function is new:

  LOGCDF

  returns the logarithm of a left cumulative distribution function.

• The following quantile function is new:

  QUANTILE

  returns the quantile from the specified distribution.

• The following special function is new:

  UUIDGEN

  returns the short or the binary form of a Universal Unique Identifier (UUID).

• The following state and ZIP code function is new:

  ZIPCITY

  returns a city name and the two-character postal code that corresponds to a ZIP code.

• The following trigonometric function is new:

  ATAN2

  returns the arc tangent of two numeric variables.

• The following truncation functions are new:

  CEILZ

  returns the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to the argument; uses 0 fuzzing.

  FLOORZ

  returns the largest integer that is less than or equal to the argument; uses 0 fuzzing.

  INTZ

  returns the integer portion of the argument; uses 0 fuzzing.

  ROUND

  rounds the first argument to the nearest multiple of the second argument, or to the nearest integer when the second argument is omitted.

  ROUNDE

  rounds the first argument to the nearest multiple of the second argument, and returns an even multiple when the first argument is halfway between the two nearest multiples.

  ROUNDZ

  rounds the first argument to the nearest multiple of the second argument; uses 0 fuzzing.

• The following variable information functions are new:

  VVALUE

  returns the formatted value that is associated with the variable that you specify.

  VVALUEX

  returns the formatted value that is associated with the argument that you specify.

• Using Perl regular expression (PRX) functions and CALL routines is new. The following PRX functions are new. For more information, see Pattern Matching Using SAS Regular Expressions (RX) and Perl Regular Expressions (PRX).

  PRXMATCH

  searches for a pattern match and returns the position at which the pattern is found.

  PRXPAREN

  returns the last bracket match for which there is a match in a pattern.

  PRXPARSE

  compiles a Perl regular expression that can be used for pattern-matching a character value.

  CALL PRXCHANGE

  performs a pattern-matching substitution.

  CALL PRXDEBUG

  enables Perl regular expressions in a DATA step to send debug output to the SAS log.

  CALL PRXFREE

  frees unneeded memory that was allocated for a Perl regular expression.

  CALL PRXNEXT

  returns the position and length of a substring that matches a pattern and iterates over multiple matches within one string.

  CALL PRXPOSN

  returns the start position and length for a capture buffer.

  CALL PRXSUBSTR

  returns the position and length of a substring that matches a pattern.

• The following CALL routines are new:

  CALL ALLPERM

  generates all permutations of the values of several variables.

  CALL CATS

  concatenates character strings and removes leading and trailing blanks.

  CALL CATT

  concatenates character strings and removes trailing blanks only.

  CALL CATX

  concatenates character strings, removes leading and trailing blanks, and inserts separators.

  CALL COMPCOST

  sets the costs of operations for later use by the COMPGED function.

  CALL LOGISTIC

  returns the logistic value of each argument.

  CALL MISSING

  assigns a missing value to specified character or numeric variables.

  CALL RANPERK

  randomly permutes the values of the arguments and returns a permutation of k out of n values.

  CALL RANPERM

  randomly permutes the values of the arguments.

  CALL SCAN

  returns the position and length of a given word in a character expression.

  CALL SCANQ

  returns the position and length of a given word in a character expression, and ignores delimiters that are enclosed in quotation marks.

  CALL SOFTMAX

  returns the softmax value for each argument.

  CALL STDIZE

  standardizes the values of one or more variables.

  CALL STREAMINIT

  specifies a seed value to use for subsequent random number generation by the RAND function.

  CALL SYMPUTX

  assigns a value to a macro variable and removes both leading and trailing blanks.

  CALL TANH

  returns the hyperbolic tangent of each argument.

  CALL VNEXT

  returns the name, type, and length of a variable that is used in a DATA step.

• The following functions are enhanced:

  COMPRESS

  accepts a third optional argument that can modify the characters in the second argument.

  EXIST

  accepts all SAS data library type members. A third optional argument enables you to specify a generation data set number.

  INDEXW

  accepts a third optional argument that enables you to use delimiters for inter-word boundaries.

  PRXMATCH

  accepts an argument that enables you to use a Perl regular expression.

  SUBSTR (left of=)

  assigns a length of 8 to an undeclared variable when the function is compiled.

Informats

• The maximum length for character informat names is increased to 30. The maximum length for numeric informat names is increased to 31.
• The following informats are new:

  ANYDTDTE

  extracts date values from DATE, DATETIME, DDMMYY, JULIAN, MMDDYY, MONYY, TIME, or YYQ informat values.

  ANYDTDTM

  extracts datetime values from DATE, DATETIME, DDMMYY, JULIAN, MMDDYY, MONYY, TIME, or YYQ informat values.

  ANYDTTME

  extracts time values from DATE, DATETIME, DDMMYY, JULIAN, MMDDYY, MONYY, TIME, or YYQ informat values.

  STIMERw.

  reads time values and determines whether the values are hours, minutes, or seconds; reads the output of the STIMER system option.

ARM Macros

%ARMCONV, the new ARM macro, converts an ARM log that is created in SAS 9.0 and later, which uses a simple format, into the ARM log format that is used in SAS 8.2, which is more detailed.

SAS Utility Macro

%DS2CSV, the new SAS utility macro, converts SAS data sets to comma-separated values (CSV) files.

Statements

• The following statements are new:

  ODS Statements

  control different features of the Output Delivery System. For more information about these statements, see the SAS Output Delivery System: User's Guide.

  LIBNAME Statement for WebDAV Server Access

  associates a libref with a SAS library on a WebDAV server.

  Beginning with SAS 9.1.3 Service Pack 4, the following option is new:

  PROXY=

  specifies the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the proxy server.

  FILENAME, CLIPBOARD Access Method

  enables you to read text data from and write text data to the clipboard on the host machine.

  FILENAME, WebDAV Access Method

  Enables you to access remote files by using the WebDAV protocol.

  DECLARE

  declares a DATA step component object; creates an instance of and initializes data for a DATA step component object.

  _NEW_

  creates an instance of a DATA step component object.

  PUTLOG

  writes a message to the SAS log.

• The following statements are enhanced:

  FILENAME, FTP Access Method

  supports directory services and multiple FTP service commands.

  FILENAME, URL Access Method

  supports Secure Sockets Layering (SSL).

  LIBNAME statement

  the following options are new:

  COMPRESS=

  controls the compression of observations in output SAS data sets in a SAS data library.

  CVPBYTES=

  specifies the number of bytes to use in order to expand character variable lengths when processing a SAS data set that requires transcoding.

  CVPENGINE=

  specifies which engine to use in order to process character variable lengths in a SAS data set that requires transcoding.

  CVPMULTIPLIER=

  specifies the multiplier value to use in order to expand character variable lengths when processing a SAS data set that requires transcoding.

  INENCODING=

  overrides the encoding for input processing.

  OUTENCODING=

  overrides the encoding for output processing.

System Options

• The following system options are new:

  ARMAGENT=

  specifies an ARM agent, which is an executable module that contains a vendor's implementation of the ARM API.

  ARMLOC=

  specifies the location of the ARM log.

  ARMSUBSYS=

  enables and disables the ARM subsystems that determine which internal SAS processing transactions should be logged.

  AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN=

  associates a domain suffix with an authentication provider.

  AUTOSAVELOC=

  specifies the location of the Program Editor autosave file.

  BYSORTED

  specifies whether observations in one or more data sets are sorted in alphabetical or numerical order or are grouped in another logical order.

  CMPLIB=

  specifies one or more SAS catalogs that contain compiler subroutines that should be included during program compilation.

  CMPOPT

  specifies which type of code generation optimizations should be used in the SAS language compiler.

  CPUCOUNT=

  specifies the number of processors that the thread-enabled applications should assume are available for concurrent processing.

  DMSLOGSIZE=

  specifies the maximum number of rows that can be displayed in the Log window in the SAS windowing environment.

  DMSOUTSIZE=

  specifies the maximum number of rows that can be displayed in the Output window in the SAS windowing environment .

  DMSSYNCHK

  enables syntax checking for multiple steps in the SAS windowing environment.

  DTRESET

  updates the date and the time in the SAS log and in the listing file.

  EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL=

  specifies the authentication protocol for SMTP e-mail.

  EMAILID=

  specifies the identity of the individual who is sending e-mail from within SAS.

  EMAILPW=

  specifies your e-mail login password.

  ERRORBYABEND

  specifies how SAS responds to BY-group error conditions.

  FONTSLOC=

  specifies the location that contains the SAS fonts that are loaded by a printer to use with Universal Printing.

  HELPENCMD

  specifies whether SAS uses the English version or the translated version of the keyword list for the command-line Help.

  IBUFSIZE=

  specifies the buffer page size for an index file.

  LOGPARM=

  controls when SAS log files are opened and closed and (in conjunction with the LOG= system option) how they are named.

  METAAUTORESOURCES=

  identifies which resources should be assigned at SAS initialization.

  METACONNECT=

  identifies which named connection from the metadata user profiles should be used as the default value for logging into the SAS Metadata Server.

  METAENCRYPTALG=

  specifies which type of encryption should be used when communicating with a SAS Metadata Server.

  METAENCRYPTLEVEL=

  specifies what should be encrypted when communicating with a SAS Metadata Server.

  METAID=

  identifies the current SAS version that is installed on the SAS Metadata Server.

  METAPASSWORD=

  specifies the default password for the SAS Metadata Server.

  METAPORT=

  specifies the TCP port for the SAS Metadata Server.

  METAPROFILE=

  specifies which file contains the SAS Metadata Server user profiles.

  METAPROTOCOL=

  specifies which network protocol should be used for communicating with the SAS Metadata Server.

  METAREPOSITORY=

  specifies which default SAS Metadata Repository should be used on the SAS Metadata Server.

  METASERVER=

  specifies the address of the SAS Metadata Server.

  METAUSER=

  specifies the default user ID for logging on to the SAS Metadata Server.

  PAGEBREAKINITIAL

  begins the SAS log and listing files on a new page.

  QUOTELENMAX

  specifies that SAS write a warning to the SAS log about the maximum length that can be used for strings that are enclosed in quotation marks.

  SORTEQUALS

  controls the order in which PROC SORT arranges observations that have identical BY values in the output data set.

  SYSPRINTFONT

  specifies the font for the current default printer.

  SYNTAXCHECK

  specifies whether to validate SAS program syntax.

  TERMSTMT=

  specifies which SAS statements should be executed when the SAS session is terminated.

  TEXTURELOC=

  specifies the location of textures and images that are used by ODS styles.

  THREADS

  specifies that SAS use threaded processing if it is available.

  TOOLSMENU

  specifies whether to include or to suppress the Tools menu in windows that display SAS menus.

  UUIDCOUNT

  specifies the number of UUIDs that should be acquired each time the UUID Generator Daemon is used.

  UUIDGENHOST

  identifies the host and the port for the UUID Generator Daemon.

  UTILLOC=

  specifies a set of file system locations in which applications can store utility files.

  VALIDFMTNAME=

  specifies the length of format and informat names that can be used when creating new SAS data sets and format catalogs.

  VIEWMENU

  specifies whether to include or to suppress the View menu in windows that display menus.

  V6CREATEUPDATE=

  controls or monitors the creation of new, version 6 SAS data sets or the updating of existing, version 6 SAS data sets.

• The following system options have been enhanced:

  CMPOPT=

  specifies which type of code generation optimizations should be used in the SAS language compiler.

  SORTSIZE=

  specifies the amount of memory that is available when using the SORT procedure.