SAS System Options by Category

The categories for SAS system options correspond to the SAS system option groups and sub-groups:
Communications: E-mail options associated with sending and receiving e-mail using SAS
Communications: Networking and encryption options related to remote communication, shared settings, and encryption
Communications: Metadata options to configure SAS to use metadata
Environment control: Display options to set SAS windows and display preferences
Environment control: Error handling options associated with error conditions and error messages
Environment control: Files options to set SAS library and file location preferences
Environment control: Help options used to configure the SAS Help
Environment control: Initialization and operation options that establish the SAS operating environment
Environment control: Language control options to set language and translation preferences
Files: External files options that define how to process files that are not created by SAS
Files: SAS files options that define how to process SAS files
Input control: Data processing options for data entry and data processing preferences
Input control: Data quality options to configure the SAS Data Quality server
Graphics: Driver settings options that define devices, graphics, and map preferences
Log and procedure output control: SAS log options that control the display of messages that are written to the SAS log
Log and procedure output control: Procedure output options that define procedure output and display preferences
Log and procedure output control: SAS log and procedure output options that control both SAS log and procedure output preferences
Log and procedure output control: ODS printing options to define preferences for printing to ODS destinations
Log and procedure output control: PDF options to define preferences for PDF files
Log and procedure output control: SVG options to define preferences for SVG files
Log and procedure output control: Animation options to define preferences for animated SVG files
Macro: SAS macro options that define SAS macro preferences
Sort: Procedure options options that define preferences for sorting SAS files
System administration: Installation options for defining site installation settings
System administration: Memory options that define computer memory preferences
System administration: Performance options that define performance preferences
System administration: Code generation options that define preferences for generating SAS language statements
System administration: Security options for defining security settings
System administration: SQL options that define settings for the SQL procedure
Category Language Elements Description
Communications: E-mailEMAILUTCOFFSET= System OptionFor e-mail that is sent using the FILENAME statement EMAIL (SMTP) access method, specifies a UTC offset that is used in the Date header field of the e-mail message.
Communications: EmailEMAILAUTHPROTOCOL= System OptionSpecifies the authentication protocol for SMTP e-mail.
EMAILFROM System OptionWhen sending e-mail by using SMTP, specifies whether the e-mail option FROM is required in either the FILE or FILENAME statement.
EMAILHOST= System OptionSpecifies one or more SMTP servers that support e-mail access.
EMAILID= System OptionIdentifies an e-mail sender by specifying either a logon ID, an e-mail profile, or an e-mail address.
EMAILPORT System OptionSpecifies the port that the SMTP server is attached to.
EMAILPW= System OptionSpecifies an e-mail logon password.
Communications: Networking and encryptionHTTPSERVERPORTMAX= System OptionSpecifies the highest port number that can be used by the SAS HTTP server for remote browsing.
HTTPSERVERPORTMIN= System OptionSpecifies the lowest port number that can be used by the SAS HTTP server for remote browsing.
Environment control: DisplayAUTOSAVELOC= System OptionSpecifies the location of the Program Editor autosave file.
CHARCODE System OptionSpecifies whether specific keyboard combinations are substituted for special characters that are not on the keyboard.
DMSLOGSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the maximum number of rows that the SAS Log window can display.
DMSOUTSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the maximum number of rows that the SAS Output window can display.
DMSPGMLINESIZE= System OptionSpecifies the maximum number of characters in a Program Editor line.
FONTSLOC= System OptionSpecifies the location of the fonts that are supplied by SAS; names the default font file location for registering fonts that use the FONTREG procedure.
FORMS= System OptionIf forms are used for printing, specifies the default form to use.
SOLUTIONS System OptionSpecifies whether the Solutions menu is included in SAS windows.
TOOLSMENU System OptionSpecifies whether the Tools menu is included in SAS windows.
VIEWMENU System OptionSpecifies whether the View menu is included in SAS windows.
Environment control: Error handlingAUTOCORRECT System OptionSpecifies whether SAS attempts to automatically correct misspelled procedure names, misspelled procedure keywords, or misspelled global statement names.
BYERR System OptionSpecifies whether SAS produces errors when the SORT procedure attempts to process a _NULL_ data set.
CHKPTCLEAN System OptionWhen SAS is in checkpoint mode or restart mode, specifies whether to erase the contents of the Work library after a batch program executes successfully.
CLEANUP System OptionFor an out-of-resource condition, specifies whether to perform an automatic cleanup or a user-specified cleanup.
DKRICOND= System OptionSpecifies the level of error detection to report when a variable is missing from an input data set during the processing of a DROP=, KEEP=, or RENAME= data set option.
DKROCOND= System OptionSpecifies the level of error detection to report when a variable is missing for an output data set during the processing of a DROP=, KEEP=, or RENAME= data set option.
DMSSYNCHK System OptionIn the SAS windowing environment, specifies whether to enable syntax check mode for DATA step and PROC step processing.
DSNFERR System OptionWhen a SAS data set cannot be found, specifies whether SAS issues an error message.
ERRORABEND System OptionSpecifies whether SAS responds to errors by terminating.
ERRORBYABEND System OptionSpecifies whether SAS ends a program when an error occurs in BY-group processing.
ERRORCHECK= System OptionSpecifies whether SAS enters syntax-check mode when errors are found in the LIBNAME, FILENAME, %INCLUDE, and LOCK statements.
ERRORS= System OptionSpecifies the maximum number of observations for which SAS issues complete error messages.
FMTERR System OptionWhen a variable format cannot be found, specifies whether SAS generates an error or continues processing.
LABELCHKPT System OptionSpecifies whether checkpoint-restart data for labeled code sections is to be recorded for batch programs.
LABELCHKPTLIB= System OptionSpecifies the libref of the library where the checkpoint-restart data is saved for labeled code sections.
LABELRESTART System OptionSpecifies whether to execute a batch program by using checkpoint-restart data for data collected at labeled code sections.
QUOTELENMAX System OptionIf a quoted string exceeds the maximum length allowed, specifies whether SAS writes a warning message to the SAS log.
STEPCHKPT System OptionSpecifies whether checkpoint-restart data for DATA and PROC steps is to be recorded for a batch program.
STEPCHKPTLIB= System OptionSpecifies the libref of the library where checkpoint-restart data for DATA and PROC steps is saved.
STEPRESTART System OptionSpecifies whether to execute a batch program by using checkpoint-restart data for DATA and PROC steps.
SYNTAXCHECK System OptionIn non-interactive or batch SAS sessions, specifies whether to enable syntax check mode for multiple steps.
VNFERR System OptionSpecifies whether SAS issues an error or warning when a BY variable exists in one data set but not another data set when the other data set is _NULL_. This option applies when processing the SET, MERGE, UPDATE, or MODIFY statements.
Environment control: FilesAPPEND= System OptionAppends a value to the existing value of the specified system option.
APPLETLOC= System OptionSpecifies the location of Java applets.
FMTSEARCH= System OptionSpecifies the order in which format catalogs are searched.
INSERT= System OptionInserts the specified value as the first value of the specified system option.
NEWS= System OptionSpecifies an external file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log, immediately after the header.
PARM= System OptionSpecifies a parameter string that is passed to an external program.
PARMCARDS= System OptionSpecifies the file reference to open when SAS encounters the PARMCARDS statement in a procedure.
RSASUSER System OptionSpecifies whether to open the Sasuser library for Read access or Read-Write access.
SASHELP= System OptionSpecifies the location of the Sashelp library.
SASUSER= System OptionSpecifies the SAS library to use as the Sasuser library.
TRAINLOC= System OptionSpecifies the URL for SAS online training courses.
USER= System OptionSpecifies the default permanent SAS library.
UUIDCOUNT= System OptionSpecifies the number of UUIDs to acquire from the UUID Generator Daemon.
UUIDGENDHOST= System OptionIdentifies the host and port or the LDAP URL that the UUID Generator Daemon runs on.
WORK= System OptionSpecifies the Work library.
WORKINIT System OptionSpecifies whether to initialize the Work library at SAS invocation.
WORKTERM System OptionSpecifies whether to erase the Work files when SAS terminates.
Environment control: HelpHELPBROWSER= System OptionSpecifies the browser to use for SAS Help and ODS output.
HELPENCMD System OptionSpecifies whether SAS uses the English version or the translated version of the keyword list for the command-line Help.
HELPHOST System OptionSpecifies the name of the computer where the remote browser is to send Help and ODS output.
HELPPORT= System OptionSpecifies the port number for the remote browser client.
Environment control: Initialization and operationAUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN System OptionAssociates a domain suffix with an authentication provider.
DMR System OptionSpecifies whether to enable SAS to invoke a server session for use with a SAS/CONNECT client.
DMS System OptionSpecifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display the Log, Editor, and Output windows.
DMSEXP System OptionSpecifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display the Explorer, Editor, Log, Output, and Results windows.
EXPLORER System OptionSpecifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display only the Explorer and Program Editor windows.
INITCMD System OptionSpecifies an application invocation command and optional SAS windowing environment or text editor commands that SAS executes before processing the AUTOEXEC= file during SAS invocation.
INITSTMT= System OptionSpecifies a SAS statement to execute after any statements in the AUTOEXEC= file and before any statements from the SYSIN= file.
MULTENVAPPL System OptionSpecifies whether the fonts that are available in a SAS application font selector window lists only the SAS fonts that are available in all operating environments.
PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN= System OptionSpecifies the domain name of the primary authentication provider.
TERMINAL System OptionSpecifies whether to associate a terminal with a SAS session.
TERMSTMT= System OptionSpecifies the SAS statements to execute when SAS terminates.
Environment control: Language controlDATESTYLE= System OptionSpecifies the sequence of month, day, and year when ANYDTDTE, ANYDTDTM, or ANYDTTME informat data is ambiguous.
PAPERSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the paper size to use for printing.
URLENCODING= System OptionSpecifies whether the argument to the URLENCODE function and to the URLDECODE function is interpreted using the SAS session encoding or UTF-8 encoding.
Files: External filesLRECL= System OptionSpecifies the default logical record length to use for reading and writing external files.
STARTLIB System OptionSpecifies whether SAS assigns user-defined permanent librefs when SAS starts.
Files: SAS FilesBUFNO= System OptionSpecifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets.
BUFSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the permanent buffer page size for output SAS data sets.
CATCACHE= System OptionSpecifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open in cache memory.
CBUFNO= System OptionSpecifies the number of extra page buffers to allocate for each open SAS catalog.
CMPLIB= System OptionSpecifies one or more SAS data sets that contain compiler subroutines to include during program compilation.
COMPRESS= System OptionSpecifies the type of compression of observations to use for output SAS data sets.
DATASTMTCHK= System OptionSpecifies which SAS statement keywords are prohibited from being specified as a one-level DATA step name to protect against overwriting an input data set.
DKRICOND= System OptionSpecifies the level of error detection to report when a variable is missing from an input data set during the processing of a DROP=, KEEP=, or RENAME= data set option.
DKROCOND= System OptionSpecifies the level of error detection to report when a variable is missing for an output data set during the processing of a DROP=, KEEP=, or RENAME= data set option.
DLCREATEDIR System OptionSpecifies to create a directory for the SAS library that is named in a LIBNAME statement if the directory does not exist.
DLDMGACTION= System OptionSpecifies the type of action to take when a SAS data set or a SAS catalog is detected as damaged.
ENGINE= System OptionSpecifies the default access method for SAS libraries.
FILESYNC= System OptionSpecifies when operating system buffers that contain contents of permanent SAS files are written to disk.
FIRSTOBS= System OptionSpecifies the observation number or external file record that SAS processes first.
IBUFNO= System OptionSpecifies an optional number of extra buffers to be allocated for navigating an index file.
IBUFSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the buffer page size for an index file.
_LAST_= System OptionSpecifies the most recently created data set.
MERGENOBY System OptionSpecifies the type of message that is issued when MERGE processing occurs without an associated BY statement.
OBS= System OptionSpecifies the observation that is used to determine the last observation to process, or specifies the last record to process.
REPLACE System OptionSpecifies whether permanently stored SAS data sets can be replaced.
REUSE= System OptionSpecifies whether SAS reuses space when observations are added to a compressed SAS data set.
UTILLOC= System OptionSpecifies one or more file system locations in which enabled threaded applications can store utility files.
V6CREATEUPDATE= System OptionSpecifies the type of message to write to the SAS log when Version 6 data sets are created or updated.
VALIDFMTNAME= System OptionSpecifies the maximum size (32 characters or 8 characters) that user-created format and informat names can be before an error or warning is issued.
VALIDMEMNAME= System OptionSpecifies the rules for naming SAS data sets, SAS data views, and item stores.
VALIDVARNAME= System OptionSpecifies the rules for valid SAS variable names that can be created and processed during a SAS session.
VARLENCHK= System OptionSpecifies the type of message to write to the SAS log when the input data set is read using the SET, MERGE, UPDATE, or MODIFY statements.
Graphics: Driver settingsDEVICE= System OptionSpecifies the device driver to which SAS/GRAPH sends procedure output.
GSTYLE System OptionSpecifies whether ODS styles can be used to generate graphs that are stored as GRSEG catalog entries.
GWINDOW System OptionSpecifies whether SAS displays SAS/GRAPH output in the GRAPH window.
MAPS= System OptionSpecifies the location of the SAS library that contains SAS/GRAPH map data sets.
Input control: Data processingBYSORTED System OptionSpecifies whether observations in one or more data sets are sorted in alphabetic or numeric order or are grouped in another logical order.
CAPS System OptionSpecifies whether to convert certain types of input to uppercase.
CARDIMAGE System OptionSpecifies whether SAS processes source and data lines as 80-byte cards.
DATESTYLE= System OptionSpecifies the sequence of month, day, and year when ANYDTDTE, ANYDTDTM, or ANYDTTME informat data is ambiguous.
Input control: Data ProcessingEVENTDS= System OptionSpecifies one or more data sets that define events.
Input control: Data processingINTERVALDS= System OptionSpecifies one or more interval name-value pairs, where the value is a SAS data set that contains user-supplied intervals. The intervals can be used as arguments to the INTNX and INTCK functions.
INVALIDDATA= System OptionSpecifies the value that SAS assigns to a variable when invalid numeric data is encountered.
S= System OptionSpecifies the length of statements on each line of a source statement and the length of data on lines that follow a DATALINES statement.
S2= System OptionSpecifies the length of statements on each line of a source statement from a %INCLUDE statement, an AUTOEXEC= file, or an autocall macro file.
S2V= System OptionSpecifies the starting position to begin reading a file that is specified in a %INCLUDE statement, an autoexec file, or an autocall macro file with a variable length record format.
SEQ= System OptionSpecifies the length of the numeric portion of the sequence field in input source lines or data lines.
SPOOL System OptionSpecifies whether SAS statements are written to a utility data set in the Work library.
VBUFSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the size of the view buffer.
YEARCUTOFF= System OptionSpecifies the first year of a 100-year span that is used by date informats and functions to read a two-digit year.
Log and procedure output control: ODS PrintingBINDING= System OptionSpecifies the binding edge for duplexed printed output.
BOTTOMMARGIN= System OptionSpecifies the size of the margin at the bottom of a printed page.
COLLATE System OptionSpecifies whether to collate multiple copies of printed output.
COLORPRINTING System OptionSpecifies whether to print in color if color printing is supported.
COPIES= System OptionSpecifies the number of copies to print.
DEFLATION= System OptionSpecifies the level of compression for device drivers that support the Deflate compression algorithm.
DUPLEX System OptionSpecifies whether duplex (two-sided) printing is enabled.
FONTEMBEDDING System OptionSpecifies whether font embedding is enabled in Universal Printer and SAS/GRAPH printing.
FONTRENDERING= System OptionSpecifies whether SAS/GRAPH devices that are based on the SASGDGIF, SASGDTIF, and SASGDIMG modules render fonts by using the operating system or by using the FreeType engine.
GSTYLE System OptionSpecifies whether ODS styles can be used to generate graphs that are stored as GRSEG catalog entries.
JPEGQUALITY= System OptionSpecifies the JPEG quality factor that determines the ratio of image quality to the level of compression for JPEG files produced by the SAS/GRAPH JPEG device driver.
LEFTMARGIN= System OptionSpecifies the print margin for the left side of the page.
ORIENTATION= System OptionSpecifies the paper orientation to use when printing to a printer.
PAPERDEST= System OptionSpecifies the name of the output bin to receive printed output.
PAPERSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the paper size to use for printing.
PAPERSOURCE= System OptionSpecifies the name of the paper bin to use for printing.
PAPERTYPE= System OptionSpecifies the type of paper to use for printing.
PRINTERPATH= System OptionSpecifies the name of a registered printer to use for Universal Printing.
RIGHTMARGIN= System OptionSpecifies the print margin for the right side of the page.
TEXTURELOC= System OptionSpecifies the location of textures and images that are used by ODS styles.
TOPMARGIN= System OptionSpecifies the print margin at the top of the page.
UPRINTCOMPRESSION System OptionSpecifies whether to enable the compression of files created by some Universal Printer and SAS/GRAPH devices.
Log and procedure output control: PDFPDFACCESS System OptionSpecifies whether text and graphics from PDF documents can be read by screen readers for the visually impaired.
PDFASSEMBLY System OptionSpecifies whether PDF documents can be assembled.
PDFCOMMENT System OptionSpecifies whether PDF document comments can be modified.
PDFCONTENT System OptionSpecifies whether the contents of a PDF document can be changed.
PDFCOPY System OptionSpecifies whether text and graphics from a PDF document can be copied.
PDFFILLIN System OptionSpecifies whether PDF forms can be filled in.
PDFPAGELAYOUT= System OptionSpecifies the page layout for PDF documents.
PDFPAGEVIEW= System OptionSpecifies the page viewing mode for PDF documents.
PDFPASSWORD= System OptionSpecifies the password to use to open a PDF document and the password used by a PDF document owner.
PDFPRINT= System OptionSpecifies the resolution to print PDF documents.
PDFSECURITY= System OptionSpecifies the level of encryption for PDF documents.
Log and procedure output control: Procedure outputBYLINE System OptionSpecifies whether to print BY lines above each BY group.
CENTER System OptionSpecifies whether to center or left-align SAS procedure output.
DATE System OptionSpecifies whether to print the date and time that a SAS program started.
DETAILS System OptionSpecifies whether to include additional information when files are listed in a SAS library.
DMSOUTSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the maximum number of rows that the SAS Output window can display.
DTRESET System OptionSpecifies whether to update the date and time in the SAS log and in the procedure output file.
FORMCHAR= System OptionSpecifies the default output formatting characters.
FORMDLIM= System OptionSpecifies a character to delimit page breaks in SAS output for the LISTING destination.
FORMS= System OptionIf forms are used for printing, specifies the default form to use.
LABEL System OptionSpecifies whether SAS procedures can use labels with variables.
LINESIZE= System OptionSpecifies the line size for the SAS log and for SAS procedure output.
MISSING= System OptionSpecifies the character to print for missing numeric values.
NUMBER System OptionSpecifies whether to print the page number in the title line of each page of SAS output.
PAGEBREAKINITIAL System OptionSpecifies whether to begin the SAS log and procedure output files for the LISTING destination on a new page.
PAGENO= System OptionResets the SAS output page number.
PAGESIZE= System OptionSpecifies the number of lines that compose a page of the SAS log and SAS output.
PRINTINIT System OptionSpecifies whether to initialize the SAS procedure output file for the LISTING destination.
SKIP= System OptionSpecifies the number of lines to skip at the top of each page of SAS output for the LISTING destination.
SYSPRINTFONT= System OptionSpecifies the default font to use for printing, which can be overridden by explicitly specifying a font and an ODS style.
Log and procedure output control: SAS logCPUID System OptionSpecifies whether the CPU identification number is written to the SAS log.
DATE System OptionSpecifies whether to print the date and time that a SAS program started.
DETAILS System OptionSpecifies whether to include additional information when files are listed in a SAS library.
DMSLOGSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the maximum number of rows that the SAS Log window can display.
DTRESET System OptionSpecifies whether to update the date and time in the SAS log and in the procedure output file.
ECHOAUTO System OptionSpecifies whether the statements in the AUTOEXEC= file are written to the SAS log as they are executed.
ERRORS= System OptionSpecifies the maximum number of observations for which SAS issues complete error messages.
LINESIZE= System OptionSpecifies the line size for the SAS log and for SAS procedure output.
LOGPARM= System OptionSpecifies when SAS log files are opened, closed, and, in conjunction with the LOG= system option, how they are named.
MISSING= System OptionSpecifies the character to print for missing numeric values.
MSGLEVEL= System OptionSpecifies the level of detail in messages that are written to the SAS log.
NEWS= System OptionSpecifies an external file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log, immediately after the header.
NOTES System OptionSpecifies whether notes are written to the SAS log.
NUMBER System OptionSpecifies whether to print the page number in the title line of each page of SAS output.
OVP System OptionSpecifies whether overprinting of error messages to make them bold, is enabled.
PAGEBREAKINITIAL System OptionSpecifies whether to begin the SAS log and procedure output files for the LISTING destination on a new page.
PAGESIZE= System OptionSpecifies the number of lines that compose a page of the SAS log and SAS output.
PRINTMSGLIST System OptionSpecifies whether to print all messages to the SAS log or to print only top-level messages to the SAS log.
SOURCE System OptionSpecifies whether SAS writes source statements to the SAS log.
SOURCE2 System OptionSpecifies whether SAS writes secondary source statements from included files to the SAS log.
Log and procedure output control: SAS log and procedure outputDATE System OptionSpecifies whether to print the date and time that a SAS program started.
DETAILS System OptionSpecifies whether to include additional information when files are listed in a SAS library.
DTRESET System OptionSpecifies whether to update the date and time in the SAS log and in the procedure output file.
LINESIZE= System OptionSpecifies the line size for the SAS log and for SAS procedure output.
MISSING= System OptionSpecifies the character to print for missing numeric values.
NUMBER System OptionSpecifies whether to print the page number in the title line of each page of SAS output.
PAGEBREAKINITIAL System OptionSpecifies whether to begin the SAS log and procedure output files for the LISTING destination on a new page.
PAGESIZE= System OptionSpecifies the number of lines that compose a page of the SAS log and SAS output.
Log and procedure output control: SVGSVGCONTROLBUTTONSSpecifies whether to display the paging control buttons and an index in a multipage SVG document.
SVGHEIGHT= System OptionSpecifies the height of the viewport unless the SVG output is embedded in another SVG output; specifies the value of the height attribute of the outermost <svg> element in the SVG file.
SVGPRESERVEASPECTRATIO= System OptionSpecifies whether to force uniform scaling of SVG output; specifies the preserveAspectRatio attribute on the outermost <svg> element.
SVGTITLE= System OptionSpecifies the title in the title bar of the SVG output; specifies the value of the <title> element in the SVG file.
SVGVIEWBOX= System OptionSpecifies the coordinates, width, and height that are used to set the viewBox attribute on the outermost <svg> element, which enables SVG output to scale to the viewport.
SVGWIDTH= System OptionSpecifies the width of the viewport unless the SVG output is embedded in another SVG output; specifies the value of the width attribute in the outermost <svg> element in the SVG file.
SVGX= System OptionSpecifies the x-axis coordinate of one corner of the rectangular region into which an embedded <svg> element is placed; specifies the x attribute in the outermost <svg> element in an SVG file.
SVGY= System OptionSpecifies the y-axis coordinate of one corner of the rectangular region into which an embedded <svg> element is placed; specifies the y attribute in the outermost <svg> element in an SVG file.
Sort: Procedure optionsSORTDUP= System OptionSpecifies whether the SORT procedure removes duplicate variables based on all variables in a data set or the variables that remain after the DROP or KEEP data set options have been applied.
SORTEQUALS System OptionSpecifies whether observations in the output data set with identical BY variable values are in a particular order.
SORTSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the amount of memory that is available to the SORT procedure.
SORTVALIDATE System OptionSpecifies whether the SORT procedure verifies if a data set is sorted according to the variables in the BY statement when a user-specified sort order is denoted in the sort indicator.
System administration: Code generationCGOPTIMIZE= System OptionSpecifies the level of optimization to perform during code compilation.
System administration: InstallationSETINIT System OptionSpecifies whether site license information can be altered.
System administration: MemorySORTSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the amount of memory that is available to the SORT procedure.
SUMSIZE= System OptionSpecifies a limit on the amount of memory that is available for data summarization procedures when class variables are active.
System administration: PerformanceBUFNO= System OptionSpecifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets.
BUFSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the permanent buffer page size for output SAS data sets.
CGOPTIMIZE= System OptionSpecifies the level of optimization to perform during code compilation.
CMPMODEL= System OptionSpecifies the output model type for the MODEL procedure.
CMPOPT= System OptionSpecifies the type of code generation optimizations to use in the SAS language compiler.
COMPRESS= System OptionSpecifies the type of compression of observations to use for output SAS data sets.
CPUCOUNT= System OptionSpecifies the number of processors that the thread-enabled applications should assume will be available for concurrent processing.
SORTSIZE= System OptionSpecifies the amount of memory that is available to the SORT procedure.
THREADS System OptionSpecifies that SAS uses threaded processing if available.
System administration: SecurityPDFPASSWORD= System OptionSpecifies the password to use to open a PDF document and the password used by a PDF document owner.
PDFSECURITY= System OptionSpecifies the level of encryption for PDF documents.
RLANG System OptionSpecifies whether SAS executes R language statements.