topic Re: Why there is error: WORK.WINLIB .data does not exist? in SAS Programming

Why there is error: WORK.WINLIB .data does not exist?

Jack2012 — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:02:59 GMT

Dear ALL,

Just want to figure out why I use below code and there always come out an error:

ERROR: File WORK.WINLIB.DATA does not exist.

WIth below code:

PROC DATASETS lib=data_a;

contents;

run;

I am using the UNIX SAS 9.4.

Thanks.

Re: Why there is error: WORK.WINLIB .data does not exist?

Reeza — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:23:49 GMT

Please post the log from code above.

Re: Why there is error: WORK.WINLIB .data does not exist?

Jack2012 — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 01:59:03 GMT

Thank you Reeza, I have attached here. Due to confidential issue, I have to remove some in formaton hope this will not impact your judgement on the issue.

THanks for yoru quick action.

Re: Why there is error: WORK.WINLIB .data does not exist?

Reeza — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 02:25:51 GMT

Are there any views in the library? That may reference the named dataset?