TEMPLATE Procedure: Managing Template Stores
LINK Statement
Creates a link to an existing item.
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Creating a link to an item has the same effect as creating
a new item that inherits its characteristics from another item (see
the discussion of PARENT= Statement. However, using a link is more efficient
than using inheritance, because linking does not actually create a
new item.
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Syntax
Required Arguments
- item-path-1
-
specifies the path
of the item to create. PROC TEMPLATE creates the item in the first
template store in the path that you can write to.
- item-path-2
-
specifies the path
of the item to link to. If the same item exists in multiple template
stores, PROC TEMPLATE uses the one from the first template store in
the current path that you can read.
Tip:PROC TEMPLATE does not confirm that item-path-2 exists
when it compiles the item.
Optional Arguments
- NOTES= 'text'
-
specifies notes to
store in the item.
Requirement:Enclose the text in quotation marks.
Tip:Notes of this type become part of the compiled item, which
you can view with the SOURCE statement, whereas SAS comments do not.
- STORE=libref.template-store
-
specifies the location
where the link will be created.
Restriction:The STORE= option syntax does not become part of the
compiled item.
Tip:The link always points to the first item with the same
name that it finds in the ODS path.
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