Problem Note 31392: Description information for data set views is not displayed in the SAS Explorer or LIBNAME window
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SAS Explorer and the LIBNAME window do not contain description information for data set views. If you set the -DETAILS option in the SAS® configuration file or submit the following code, SAS displays description information for data sets, but does not display description information for data set views:
options details;
To circumvent the problem, right-click the data set view in the SAS Explorer or LIBNAME window and select Properties. The description appears in the Properties window of the SAS data set view.
A fix for this issue is planned for a future release of SAS.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Windows Vista | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 | ||
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2009-05-08 16:01:15 |
| Date Created: | 2008-03-05 14:44:40 |