topic Re: Permanent library disappears after logoff in New SAS User

Permanent library disappears after logoff

thomasu — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 23:31:53 GMT

I amusing SODA. When I create a new library

LIBNAME CHAPTER2 '/home/u61184402/Chap2';
DATA CHAPTER2.NEWDATA;
SET WORK.DATA;

the library is visible. I thought it is a permanent library.

When I logoff and the next time I do a logon, the library CHAPTER2 is no longer available. So how can I make the library really a permanent library that exists even when I start a new session.

Re: Permanent library disappears after logoff

PaigeMiller — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:23:28 GMT

In the new session, you have to run the LIBNAME statement (the exact same LIBNAME statement you used in the previous session).

Re: Permanent library disappears after logoff

Kurt_Bremser — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:05:31 GMT

The directory is permanent, but not your library definition for it. To make that permanent, you need to add the LIBNAME statement to your autoexec. SAS Studio provides that in its settings.