Creating Files in a Different Data Representation

By default, when you create a new file, SAS uses the data representation of the CPU that is running SAS. You can specify the OUTREP= option to override this default.
The OUTREP= option is both a SAS data set option and a LIBNAME statement option. The data set option applies to an individual file. The LIBNAME statement option applies to an entire library. This option uses CEDA to create a file that has a different data representation.
For example, in a UNIX environment, you can create a data set with the data representation of WINDOWS_32. If you move that data set to a Windows environment and process the data set with 32-bit SAS for Windows, you do not invoke CEDA.
See the OUTREP= option for the LIBNAME statement in SAS Statements: Reference or see the OUTREP= data set option in SAS Data Set Options: Reference.