topic Re: create permanent sas library in SAS Programming

create permanent sas library

SunilP_sas — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 04:29:42 GMT

Hi friends,

Myself Sunil, started learning sas recently. I am trying to create permanent sas library in Windows 7.

Path: D:\Sunil_P

libname data_set v9 'D:\Sunil_P\'; But I am getting warning message "NOTE: Library DATA_SET does not exist."

Could you please help how to create permanent library. So that I can access dataset that stored in this library anytime.

Re: create permanent sas library

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 05:51:08 GMT

What type of SAS installation are you using?

- SAS University Edition?

- SAS On Demand?

- Local with DMS?

- Local with Enterprise Guide?

- Remote (on a server) with Enterprise Guide or SAS Studio?

Also provide the relevant log from the execution of the libname statement.

Re: create permanent sas library

ChrisNZ — Thu, 10 Sep 2015 05:27:10 GMT

Does the directory D:\Sunil_P exist?

Re: create permanent sas library

kthenaj — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 03:28:52 GMT

Like Chris_NewZealand asked, are you sure D:\Sunil_P\ is a physical location on your computer?

One way to find the exact syntax of an existing location on your computer is to locate the folder/location you want to store your SAS data set(s) on your computer. Right click on a file that already exists in this folder. Then, click on "Properties." Copy the path that is listed after "Location:". Paste this path between the quotes of your libname statement, replacing "D:\Sunil_P\"

Hope that helps.