If you create a Base SAS^® library in SAS^® Management Console that has a path which contains a macro variable reference, when you try to access that library in either METALIB procedure or a LIBNAME statement using the META engine, you will receive one of the following messages:

The SAS^® Metadata Server does not resolve the macro variable reference when it attempts to assign the library. If you run the LIBNAME or PROC METALIB in a SAS session on an operating system that allows the ampersand (&) character to be embedded in a physical file location, you will receive the NOTE above. If you run on an operating system that does not allow embedded ampersands, you will see the ERROR above. The only known circumvention for this problem is to remove the macro variable and hard code the path value for the library.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Tru64 UNIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		z/OS	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.4 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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PROC METALIB issues "NOTE: Library MACLIB1 does not exist" or "ERROR: Invalid physical name for library MACLIB1" when the library's path contains a macro variable reference.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2011-08-30 13:54:19
Date Created:	2008-02-29 11:05:46