Make user-defined formats
available from the SAS Application Server, or make them available
for a particular job.
A format is an instruction
that SAS uses to write data values. Formats are used to control the
written appearance of data values, or, in some cases, to group data
values together for analysis. An informat is an instruction that SAS
uses to read nonstandard data values, such as dates, currency values,
or hexadecimal values.
To make a custom format
library available to any application that uses a particular SAS Application
Server, administrators should see the "Working With User-Defined Formats"
section of the "Connecting to Common Data Sources" chapter in the
SAS
Intelligence Platform: Data Administration Guide.