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A problem in defining library for a course.

jeannabil — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 15:45:50 GMT

Hello All,

i am new user to the SAS software and was following the setup instructions for SAS University Edition: SAS Studio.

On TASK 2: step number number , it says that " In the Server Files and Folders pane, expand the ECST142 folder. Right-click the data folder and select Properties. Highlight the filepath shown in Location and copy it. Close the Properties window."

ECST142 does not display on server files and folders pane. and when i try to copy the path from the original folderon my PC, I recieve an error message says:

"1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

73 %let homefolder=C:\Users\brujnab1\Documents\SASUniversityEdition\myfolders\ECST142;

75 libname STAT1 "&homefolder";

NOTE: Library STAT1 does not exist.

77 options fmtsearch=(stat1.myfmts);

79 proc format library=stat1.myfmts;

ERROR: Library STAT1 does not exist.

80 run;

WARNING: RUN statement ignored due to previous errors. Submit QUIT; to terminate the procedure.

NOTE: PROCEDURE FORMAT used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors."

Can any body help me to resolve this issue?

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Reeza — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:34:41 GMT

You're following the wrong instructions or set it up incorrectly. For SASUE your path should be something like:

/folders/myfolders/ECST142

You do not reference the C drive directly since SAS cannot access it.

@jeannabil wrote:

Hello All,

i am new user to the SAS software and was following the setup instructions for SAS University Edition: SAS Studio.

On TASK 2: step number number , it says that " In the Server Files and Folders pane, expand the ECST142 folder. Right-click the data folder and select Properties. Highlight the filepath shown in Location and copy it. Close the Properties window."

ECST142 does not display on server files and folders pane. and when i try to copy the path from the original folderon my PC, I recieve an error message says:

"1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

72

73 %let homefolder=C:\Users\brujnab1\Documents\SASUniversityEdition\myfolders\ECST142;

74

75 libname STAT1 "&homefolder";

NOTE: Library STAT1 does not exist.

76

77 options fmtsearch=(stat1.myfmts);

78

79 proc format library=stat1.myfmts;

ERROR: Library STAT1 does not exist.

80 run;

WARNING: RUN statement ignored due to previous errors. Submit QUIT; to terminate the procedure.

NOTE: PROCEDURE FORMAT used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors."

Can any body help me to resolve this issue?

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

jeannabil — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 08:37:56 GMT

Thank you for your reply, I followed your instructions but i think the error as the following:
"ERROR: Library STAT1 does not exist"

STAT1 exists i libraries pane but not server files and folders.

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

andreas_lds — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:44:41 GMT

@jeannabil wrote:
Thank you for your reply, I followed your instructions but i think the error as the following:
"ERROR: Library STAT1 does not exist"

STAT1 exists i libraries pane but not server files and folders.

Please post the code you executed.

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

jeannabil — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:46:07 GMT

myfolders\ECST142

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

andreas_lds — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:51:45 GMT

@jeannabil wrote:
myfolders\ECST142

This can't be the code you tried to execute.

When using SAS UE you have to use the Linux/Unix path separator, so replacing \ with / is a good start.

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

jeannabil — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 14:10:15 GMT

thanks for your reply... i changed it, but the same error.

Errors (1)

ERROR: Library STAT1 does not exist.

Warnings (1)

Notes (3)

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

73 %let homefolder=myfolders/ECST142;

75 libname STAT1 "&homefolder";

NOTE: Library STAT1 does not exist.

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Reeza — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:13:05 GMT

Look at my answer again. Use it EXACTLY as posted and post the log.

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

VinayCV — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 02:31:24 GMT

Hi,

Not sure how this problem was solved.

I am facing the same issue that NOTE: Library STAT1 does not exist.

I tried using / instead of \ - same error

Is there anything we need to set up for the first time using SAS Studio and browser and VM?

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Reeza — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 02:36:22 GMT

Did you create the myfolders folder as part of the set up?

Show the code you used and your log.

@VinayCV wrote:

Hi,

Not sure how this problem was solved.

I am facing the same issue that NOTE: Library STAT1 does not exist.

I tried using / instead of \ - same error

Is there anything we need to set up for the first time using SAS Studio and browser and VM?

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Tom — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 03:30:12 GMT

You posted this:

73 %let homefolder=myfolders/ECST142;

You were instructed to use a path like:

/folders/myfolders/ECST142

Can you see the difference in what you typed and what you should have tried?

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

VinayCV — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 13:10:07 GMT

Hi,

I none of below is working,

libname STAT1 "folders/Users/vv/Downloads/coursedata/ECST142";

libname STAT1 "\folders\Users\vv\Downloads\coursedata\ECST142";

libname STAT1 "C:/Users/vv/Downloads/coursedata/ECST142";

libname STAT1 "C:\Users\vv\Downloads\coursedata\ECST142";

libname STAT1 "C:/Users/vv/Downloads/coursedata/ECST142";

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Tom — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 13:25:39 GMT

None of those look like they could work because they are not under the required mapped folder:

/folders/myfolders/

@VinayCV wrote:

Hi,

I none of below is working,

libname STAT1 "folders/Users/vv/Downloads/coursedata/ECST142";

libname STAT1 "\folders\Users\vv\Downloads\coursedata\ECST142";

libname STAT1 "C:/Users/vv/Downloads/coursedata/ECST142";

libname STAT1 "C:\Users\vv\Downloads\coursedata\ECST142";

libname STAT1 "C:/Users/vv/Downloads/coursedata/ECST142";

The first one is using a relative path. That will NEVER work with UE since the current working directory is pointing to a directory that you cannot modify in any way.

The second one cannot work since it is using the Unix escape character, \, instead of the path separator, / . So it is also a relative path.

The last three cannot work since they are using Window/DOS filenames.

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

VinayCV — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:12:19 GMT

Even this is not working %let homefolder=/folders/myfolders/coursedata/ECST142/data;

73 %let homefolder=/folders/myfolders/coursedata/ECST142/data;

75 libname STAT1 "&homefolder";

NOTE: Library STAT1 does not exist.

77 options fmtsearch=(stat1.myfmts);

79 proc format library=stat1.myfmts;

ERROR: Library STAT1 does not exist.

80 run;

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Tom — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 14:25:01 GMT

I am not currently running SAS UE, but the look/feel of SAS/Studio is the same no matter where the SAS server is.

You can find the path that SAS uses for your folders from the Server Files and Folders area on the left side of the screen. Right click (or whatever the Mac equivalent of right click is) on a folder or file and select properties.

Then you can see the path that SAS is using for that file or folder.

Use that path in your SAS code.

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

VinayCV — Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:01:40 GMT

Thanks for the help.

I re installed VM and SAS , its working now.

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Asmaa_Saber — Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:32:33 GMT

i have the same problem , if you found the answer can you help me

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Louise_R — Fri, 02 Apr 2021 17:30:34 GMT

Upload the files and folders into SAS 🙂

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Cynthia_sas — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 17:40:55 GMT

Hi:
Please go into SAS Studio. Then, go into the Server Files and Folders pane. It seems you are using SAS University Edition. Look for the My Folders top node and expand that. Under My Folders you should see your ECST142 folder. It looks like you may have introduced an extra level "coursedata" into your folder path. This is not what we expect in our setup program. We expect the ECST142 folder to be DIRECTLY underneath the My Folders top node in SAS Studio.. Under ECST142, you should then have a data subfolder, if you followed all the instructions for the setup.

SAS Studio has a never fail, perfect way for you to find the path you need for your %LET statement. Inside the Server Files and Folders pane, navigate down under My Folders. Click to expand ECST142. You should see the data subfolder. Right click on the data subfolder. Choose Properties in the popup window. When the Properties window opens, there is a Location field in the window. That Location field shows the EXACT physical path you need to use.

Note that the University Edition virtual machine with SAS inside is a UNIX machine. So that means C: drive locations and Windows slashes (\) will NOT work. If you have ECST142 directly under My Folders, then you should see THIS location in the Properties window for the data subfolder:
/folders/myfolders/ECST142/data <---- note the UNIX slashes and the leading slash before the path. You MUST use this leading slash in the physical path.

Hope this helps,
Cynthia

Re: A problem in defining library for a course.

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 19:22:29 GMT

Please post your complete log (definition of any macro variables and the LIBNAME. Use this button to post the log: