https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874611#M345581 <P>It all depends on your system configuration.</P> <P>If you allow SAS server access only to SAS datasets, you could find this information in SAS server logs, given that you activate appropriate logging levels.</P> <P>More realistic is probably to investigate if the OS that hold the data can be configured with logging of file operations.</P> <P>If your requirement is keep track on such operations I think moving your data to a RDBMS is one way to solve it.</P> Tue, 09 May 2023 07:59:45 GMT LinusH 2023-05-09T07:59:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874602#M345576 <P>Hi Guys ,</P> <P>Good Morning&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>How to get deleted datasets names information in temp library and permanent library ?</P> Tue, 09 May 2023 06:35:14 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874602#M345576 BrahmanandaRao 2023-05-09T06:35:14Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874603#M345577 <P>SAS datasets and other SAS files are files. When deleted they're gone.</P> <P>So I need a bit more context. What is your situation/requirement/use case?</P> Tue, 09 May 2023 06:48:14 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874603#M345577 LinusH 2023-05-09T06:48:14Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874605#M345579 <P>i want to know which datasets have been deleted that information&nbsp;</P> Tue, 09 May 2023 07:18:12 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874605#M345579 BrahmanandaRao 2023-05-09T07:18:12Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874611#M345581 <P>It all depends on your system configuration.</P> <P>If you allow SAS server access only to SAS datasets, you could find this information in SAS server logs, given that you activate appropriate logging levels.</P> <P>More realistic is probably to investigate if the OS that hold the data can be configured with logging of file operations.</P> <P>If your requirement is keep track on such operations I think moving your data to a RDBMS is one way to solve it.</P> Tue, 09 May 2023 07:59:45 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874611#M345581 LinusH 2023-05-09T07:59:45Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874634#M345587 <P>Hi,</P> <P>If you're looking for metadata, take a look at the <A href="https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings/proceedings/sugi30/070-30.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dictionary tables</A></P> <P>The information of which datasets are known to SAS at run time can be found in sashelp.vtable.</P> <P>If you save the states before and after your operations in two datasets you could compare them afterwards:</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">data stateBefore; set sashelp.vtable; run; *[...Some operations...]; data stateAfter; set sashelp.vtable; run; proc compare base=state comp=stateAfter listall; run;</CODE></PRE> <P>PS: sashelp.vcolumn lists the variables as well and could be of interest for you</P> Tue, 09 May 2023 10:24:13 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/how-to-get-deleted-datasets-names-information-in-temparory/m-p/874634#M345587 Oligolas 2023-05-09T10:24:13Z