topic Re: Error Assigning a Library in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Error-Assigning-a-Library/m-p/173511#M44701 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/software/products/university-edition/faq/SAS_libname.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/software/products/university-edition/faq/SAS_libname.htm">How do I create my own SAS library?</A>&nbsp; Please post questions for UE in the UE area.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:15:28 GMT jakarman 2014-10-06T20:15:28Z Error Assigning a Library https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Error-Assigning-a-Library/m-p/173510#M44700 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello, I am extremely new to SAS and I am trying to learn how to use it. I am running SAS Studio University Edition through virtual box with very little success. I followed these steps and I am able to access the program just fine, but I am having no luck when trying to assign libaries. </P><P></P><P>Whenever I attempt to define</P><P>libname example1 'C:\Users\&lt;User&gt;\Desktop\SASUniversityEdition\myfolders\data';</P><P></P><P>I get an error saying library example1 does not exist. Could someone please help me out?</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Oct 2014 19:17:57 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Error-Assigning-a-Library/m-p/173510#M44700 daveMguitar 2014-10-06T19:17:57Z Re: Error Assigning a Library https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Error-Assigning-a-Library/m-p/173511#M44701 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P><A href="http://support.sas.com/software/products/university-edition/faq/SAS_libname.htm" title="http://support.sas.com/software/products/university-edition/faq/SAS_libname.htm">How do I create my own SAS library?</A>&nbsp; Please post questions for UE in the UE area.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:15:28 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Error-Assigning-a-Library/m-p/173511#M44701 jakarman 2014-10-06T20:15:28Z Re: Error Assigning a Library https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Error-Assigning-a-Library/m-p/173512#M44702 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Did you made sure that the "data" folder exist in "myfoldrs" folder physically?</P><P>Libname Statement create a short reference to your folder it will not create one for you.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:17:57 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Error-Assigning-a-Library/m-p/173512#M44702 mohamed_zaki 2014-10-06T20:17:57Z