INTERVALDS= System Option

Specifies 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.

Valid in:	Configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Category:	Input control: Data processing
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	INPUTCONTROL
Requirement:	The set of interval-value pairs must be enclosed in parentheses.
Note:	This option can be restricted by a site administrator. For more information, see Restricted Options.

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Syntax

INTERVALDS=(interval-1=libref.dataset-name-1 <...interval-n=libref.dataset-name-n > )

Syntax Description

interval: specifies the name of an interval. The value of interval is the data set that is named in libref.dataset-name.

Requirement:When you specify multiple intervals, the interval name must not be the same as another interval.

libref.dataset-name: specifies the libref and the data set name of the file that contains user-defined holidays.

Details

The INTCK and INTNX functions specify interval as the interval name in the function argument list to reference a data set that names user-supplied intervals.

The same libref.dataset-name can be assigned to different intervals. An error occurs when more than one interval of the same name is defined for the INTERVALDS system option.

Example

This example assigns a single data set to an interval on the SAS command line or in a configuration file.

-intervalds (mycompany=mycompany.storeHours)

The next example assigns multiple intervals using the OPTIONS statement. The intervals subsid1 and subsid2 are assigned the same libref and data set name.

options intervalds=(mycompany=mycompany.storeHours 
        subsid1=subsid.storeHours subsid2=subsid.storeHours);

INTERVALDS= System Option

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