https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/rename/m-p/497618#M131945 <P>No. Rename= is a dataset option can be used any time the data set is referenced.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE>Proc freq data=sashelp.class( rename=(sex=gender)); tables gender; run; </PRE> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:20:21 GMT ballardw 2018-09-20T23:20:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/rename/m-p/497592#M131926 <P>can rename only be used in set statement?&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>when do you use rename= and name=?</P> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 22:28:46 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/rename/m-p/497592#M131926 clqa 2018-09-20T22:28:46Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/rename/m-p/497618#M131945 <P>No. Rename= is a dataset option can be used any time the data set is referenced.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE>Proc freq data=sashelp.class( rename=(sex=gender)); tables gender; run; </PRE> Thu, 20 Sep 2018 23:20:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/rename/m-p/497618#M131945 ballardw 2018-09-20T23:20:21Z