Copying and Modifying SAS/GIS Maps in the MAPS Library

Because most SAS Software users do not have Write permission to the MAPS library, you will not be able to save any changes that you make to the SAS/GIS sample maps. You will see an error similar to the following in your SAS Log if you try to save any changes made to these maps:

ERROR: Write access to member MAPS.NC.CATALOG is denied.

In order to save modifications to these maps, you must first copy the map and its associated data sets to a SAS library to which you have Write access. Use the Copy utility included with SAS/GIS to copy the maps.

For example, to copy the MAPS.NC.NC map and its associated data sets from the MAPS library to the SASUSER library, invoke SAS/GIS, select Edit

Copy

Follow these steps:

Enter or browse and select MAPS.NC.NC for the Entry field.
Select Map as the entry Type.
In the Catalog Entry Destination field, enter the library and catalog to which you will be copying the map. You must specify a currently allocated SAS library. If the specified catalog does not already exist in the library, it will be created during the copy process. In this example, enter SASUSER.NC.
In the Options box, select all options:
- Copy Source Entry
- Copy Dependent Entries
- Copy Dependent Data Sets
- Spatial Label Other
- Replace Like-Named Entries/Data Sets
- Blank out Path Name References
In the Data Set Destination field, enter the library to which the data sets associated with the map will be copied. In this case, enter SASUSER.
Click the Apply button to begin copying the map. When the copy is complete, you will see a note in the message line similar to the following:

Number of entries, data sets copied: 9, 8

You will also see a list in the SAS Log window of all of the catalogs and data sets that were copied.

Now open the SASUSER.NC.NC map in the GIS Map window. You will now be able to make any desired modifications to the map, and save those modifications to the copied map.