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By default, when you open a SAS table from the SAS Explorer window by
either selecting Open from the RMB pop-up menu or by double clicking on
the table's icon, the data set will open in browse mode and column
labels are used as column label text. If you wish to customize the
VIEWTABLE window such that the data set is opened in edit mode by
default or so that you see column names for the column label text, you
can specify options on the VIEWTABLE command that is used to display the
data set.

With the SAS Explorer window active, make the pmenu selection Tools ->
Options -> Explorer to open the Explorer Options window. In Version 8,
make sure Members is selected in the selection list at the top of the
window. In SAS 9.1 and beyond, select the tab labeled "Members". Select
Table in the list box of registered types and then click on the Edit
button. Next select the Open action in the list box of actions and then
click on the Edit button. Modify the action command,

   VIEWTABLE %8b.'%s'.DATA

and append the appropriate option at the end of the command. For
example, to specify a default open mode of edit, the action command
would be

   VIEWTABLE %8b.'%s'.DATA openmode=edit

To specify column names for column label text, the action command would
be

   VIEWTABLE %8b.'%s'.DATA colheading=name

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