To create a new SAS
library in SAS Management Console, follow these steps:
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Start SAS Management
Console and connect to your preferred SAS Metadata Repository.
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In the SAS Management
Console tree, expand the following folders:
Environment Management
Data Library
ManagerLibraries.
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Right-click the
Libraries folder. From the pop-up menu, select
New Library. The New Library Wizard opens.
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In the folder display,
ensure that the folders are expanded for
Resource TemplatesLibrariesSAS Data. Select
SAS BASE Library and then click
Next.
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Enter a name, description,
and location for your new SAS library, and then click
Next. Add an optional description.
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(Optional) Select the
SAS server where the new library is to be assigned, and then click
Next.
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Enter a unique SAS library
reference name of eight characters or fewer. You will use the SAS
libref to access the table.
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Use the arrow controls
to choose a path from the
Path Specification Available
items box, or click
New to specify
a new path for your library. Afterwards your library path specification
appears in the
Path Specification Selected Items list. Click
Next.
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Review the summary of
the information that you entered, and if it is correct, click
Finish.
