Define a New SAP System Library

Use the New Library Wizard to define the SAP system library. You can access it from the Data Library Manager in SAS Management Console.
The SAP system library uses the SAP LIBNAME engine to connect to and communicate with the SAP System in which your data is stored. For more information about the SAP LIBNAME engine, see SAS/ACCESS Interface to R/3: User's Guide.
If you are using both the SAP BW Register Tables wizard and the SAP R/3 Register Tables wizard, you need an SAP system library for each system. The SAP system libraries must be defined in SAS Management Console. Typically, an administrator defines the SAP system libraries.
Follow these steps to define a new SAP system library using New SAP Library wizard:
  1. To open SAS Management Console, select Startthen selectProgramsthen selectSASthen selectSAS Management Console.
  2. Select Data Library Managerthen selectLibraries.
  3. To start the New Library wizard, select Actionsthen selectNew Library.
  4. Select SAP Library from the Enterprise Applications Data folder in the tree view and click Next.
  5. Enter the desired name and description for the SAP system library and click Next.
  6. Select a SAS Server from the list. Click the right-arrow button and then click Next.
  7. Enter the desired library reference in the Libref field.
    The library reference is the temporary name or alias that is associated with your SAP System when you click Finish in the New Library wizard. The default library reference is SAPEng. The SASIOSR3 engine is selected by default.
  8. Click Next, and then either select the appropriate SAP server from the Database Server drop-down list or click New to Define a New SAP Server.
  9. Click Next and review the SAP System library definition.
  10. Click Finish to register the SAP System library definition in the metadata repository.

See Also

Define a New SAP Metadata Library
Define a New SAP Server
Setup Prerequisites for SAS Data Surveyor for SAP