The GIS Procedure

CATALOG Statement

Identifies the default SAS catalog in which GIS spatial, coverage, layer, and map entries are stored when you specify one-level catalog entry names in subsequent statements in the PROC step.

Note:

The CATALOG statement permanently replaces the CATALOG= option that is specified in the PROC GIS statement. If you use the CATALOG= option in the PROC GIS statement and then submit a CATALOG statement, subsequent statements in the GIS procedure refer to the catalog that was named in the most recent CATALOG statement.

Syntax

CATALOG <CONTENTS <options>> <libref.>catalog-name;

Required Argument

<libref.>catalog-name: specifies the name of the catalog that is used in CREATE, REPLACE, and UPDATE operations in subsequent statements. If the specified catalog does not already exist, it is created when a subsequent SPATIAL, COVERAGE, LAYER, or MAP statement is executed.

Default:If you do not specify a libref, the WORK library is used.

Operation

CONTENTS <options>

displays information about the entries in the specified catalog to the SAS Output window. The CONTENTS operation takes the following options:

ET = (entry-type-list): specifies the catalog entry types to display. The entry-type-list value can contain any combination of MAP, SPATIAL, COVERAGE, and LAYER.

STATEMENT: displays PROC GIS statements that create the specified entries.

VERBOSE: lists all information about the catalog (type of map, layers, actions, and associated data sets).

Details

You can temporarily override the CATALOG statement by specifying fully qualified (three-level) entry names in the SPATIAL, COVERAGE, LAYER, and MAP statements. This does not reset the current default catalog.