how to create permanent library

shimelis — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 02:15:35 GMT

Hi there,

I have created libname Tutorial on Vm . And it was saying successfuly created as you see under the log.

Then I closed the program , when I reopened it ,I couldn't find it. How am i able to make it permannet so I can see it when reopen SAS studio

Sincerely,

code:

libname Tutorial " /home/shimelisroro0/ecprg193 ";

Log:

OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

56 libname Tutorial " /home/shimelisroro0/ecprg193 ";

NOTE: Libref TUTORIAL was successfully assigned as follows:

Engine: V9

Physical Name: /home/shimelisroro0/ecprg193

58 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

Re: how to create permanent library

Reeza — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 02:52:38 GMT

If you're using Base SAS here are two options:

1. Add the libname definition to your autoexec

2. Create the libname via the point and click menu which includes a checkbox that will allow you to create a permanent library.