If a FILENAME statement uses the CATALOG engine to point to a catalog containing source code with concatenated filerefs in the SASAUTOS option, only the first catalog is searched. Subsequent locations including the default SASAUTOS setting are not searched for macros. The following type of error is issued:

 
   ERROR: Entry XXXXX.SOURCE not found in catalog WORK.ZZZZZ.
   ERROR: The SAS Macro Facility has encountered an I/O error.  Canceling submitted 
          statements.

Here is an example that might generate this type of error. This is assuming that the source code for test1 and test2 have been saved in the catalogs testx and testy.

 
   filename testx catalog 'work.testx' ;
   filename testy catalog 'work.testy' ;

   options sasautos=(testx testy sasautos) ;
   %test1
   %test2

A possible workaround is to save all the catalog entires as external files, and use non-CATALOG filerefs.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M1 is available at: