Standards

How Do I Customize a Registered Standard?

The definition of each standard (and version of each standard) is done in the global standards library. A best practice recommendation is that you do not (permanently) modify the global standards library files., Instead, modify copies of the files.
The files and metadata that constitute a standard vary from standard to standard. Use the files that define each standard, located in the global standards library directory/standards/standard directory, as templates and add your customizations. You can rename or introduce your own subfolders and files that constitute each standard. If you want to create your own version of an existing registered standard, review the information in the next question.

How Do I Register a New Standard (or a New Version for an Existing Standard)?

Use the SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit framework utility macro cst_registerstandard.sas to register a new standard. A new subfolder hierarchy is added to the global standards library directory/standards/ directory, and the global standards library directory/metadata/standards.sas7bdat data set is updated with metadata about the new standard. This metadata is provided in the form of two data sets: standards and StandardSASReferences. These data sets are passed to the SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit as parameters in the call to the cst_registerstandard macro.
See “Maintenance Usage Scenarios” in Chapter 2, “Framework,” in the SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit: User's Guide.

Does SAS Offer Updates for Previously Released Standards?

New production releases of the SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit routinely provide updates to previously released standards. For information about how these updates are provided, see Does a New Version of the SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit Automatically Overwrite Files Installed with a Previous Version?.
SAS has a SAS Support Knowledge Base Focus Area ( http://support.sas.com/rnd/base/cdisc/cst/index.html) to communicate product information, references, and updates. Preproduction files are also available for download.
The SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit development team supports the early adopter phase and works with development partners on future product releases.