topic Re: Reset OBS= Global Option in SAS Programming

Reset OBS= Global Option

BenCBanks — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:10:06 GMT

Hello there,

Simple question that I can't seem to find the answer to anywhere. How can I "reset" the OBS= global option to the default setting?

I put OBS=9223372036854775807 to assign it to the maximum length possible, but I am afraid that will create inefficient processing.

Thanks

Re: Reset OBS= Global Option

DBailey — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:11:23 GMT

isn't it just obs=max?

Re: Reset OBS= Global Option

novinosrin — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:12:36 GMT

@BenCBanks wrote:

Hello there,

Simple question that I can't seem to find the answer to anywhere. How can I "reset" the OBS= global option to the default setting?

I put OBS=9223372036854775807 to assign it to the maximum length possible, but I am afraid that will create inefficient processing.

Thanks

Default is

Options obs=max;

Re: Reset OBS= Global Option

BenCBanks — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:14:43 GMT

Yes. I think you are correct. Not sure why that was so hard for me to find.

Re: Reset OBS= Global Option

novinosrin — Wed, 02 Jan 2019 19:18:49 GMT

You are not alone. We all have been through it.

You can always verify the current system options by

proc options option=obs define;
run;

Or just without define to not flood the log:

proc options option=obs ;
run;