https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-rename-a-data-set/m-p/72034#M20840 Hello all -<BR /> <BR /> how can I rename an actual data set (not the variables) without creating a copy of the data set and then naming it, so for example I have dataset1 and want to call it dataset2 without doing this:<BR /> <BR /> data dataset2;<BR /> set dataset1;<BR /> run;<BR /> <BR /> Is there a function for this?<BR /> <BR /> Geo Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:04:21 GMT trekvana 2010-09-14T18:04:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-rename-a-data-set/m-p/72034#M20840 Hello all -<BR /> <BR /> how can I rename an actual data set (not the variables) without creating a copy of the data set and then naming it, so for example I have dataset1 and want to call it dataset2 without doing this:<BR /> <BR /> data dataset2;<BR /> set dataset1;<BR /> run;<BR /> <BR /> Is there a function for this?<BR /> <BR /> Geo Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:04:21 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-rename-a-data-set/m-p/72034#M20840 trekvana 2010-09-14T18:04:21Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-rename-a-data-set/m-p/72035#M20841 Minimally, you can use either the x (or other) system command, or proc datasets. Both uses are described in the following paper:<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://www.nesug.org/proceedings/nesug03/hw/hw006.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.nesug.org/proceedings/nesug03/hw/hw006.pdf</A><BR /> <BR /> HTH,<BR /> Art Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:09:16 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-rename-a-data-set/m-p/72035#M20841 art297 2010-09-14T18:09:16Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-rename-a-data-set/m-p/72036#M20842 look at the CHANGE command of PROC DATASETS Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:12:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/How-to-rename-a-data-set/m-p/72036#M20842 Paige 2010-09-14T18:12:01Z