topic How to get the path where a dataset or program is hosted on a server in SAS Enterprise Guide

How to get the path where a dataset or program is hosted on a server

alepage — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:14:02 GMT

Hello,

I am starting a new job and as many organizations there is little information about dataset and program.

So on our server name "abcde" we have libraries and files subfolders. Usually, the datasets or sastable are located in the various libraries while the programs are located in the various files.

So if I am using SAS EG 7.1, I would like to know how I can find a particular sastable or a program.

Thanks in advance for your Help

alepage

Re: How to get the path where a dataset or program is hosted on a server

andreas_lds — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 13:25:05 GMT

Assuming that the libraries are assigned, you could query sashelp.vtable to find out in which library a dataset is stored. Unfortunately that path is not stored in sashelp.vtable, but in sashelp.vlibnam.

Finding a program is hardly possible with EG, because it has no function to search for text in all files in a directory.

Side-note: if programs are that bad documented, that you have trouble finding the right program, i would start searching for another job asap.