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Moving and Copying Design Folders

Sometimes you need to transfer designs to other computers or to share a design with another ADX user. For example, you might need to transfer designs from a laptop to a desktop computer or send a design to a colleague. In order to do this, you need to know how ADX stores the design files so that you can move or copy these files. ADX designs are grouped into folders, which are stored as SAS catalogs.

By default, all ADX catalogs are stored in the SASUSER library. To find the path name to the SASUSER library, do the following:

1. Open the SAS Program Editor.
2. Type the following into the SAS Program Editor and submit it to SAS:
   

     
    proc contents data=SASUSER._ALL_ directory nods; 
    run;
    

3. Bring the SAS Output window to the front and scroll to the beginning of the output.
4. Read the output associated with the line Physical Name.

You can navigate to this folder with the operating system to copy, back up, or move the design folders. The name of the design folder ends with .sas7bcat. For example, the default ADX folder has a filename of adxparm.sas7bcat.

To use a design folder with ADX on another computer of the same platform, copy this file to the SASUSER library on the other computer and simply use the Open Folder command in ADX. If you are transporting the file to another platform, use PROC CPORT and PROC CIMPORT to create a transport file. Refer to the Base SAS Procedures Guide for more information.

If you need to access a design folder that is not in the SASUSER directory, repeat the preceding steps for opening a folder, and open the Open an Existing Folder window by selecting File Open Existing Folder or clicking the Open Existing Folder icon on the ADX desktop. Then click the right arrow beside Pathname in the Open an Existing Folder window and use the system dialog box to navigate to the directory that contains the design folder.