topic Re: PROC Datasets - Label option not working in SAS Procedures

PROC Datasets - Label option not working

dastan — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:40:57 GMT

I'm trying to change the label of a variable. But the option is not working. In the log it is showing modification is successful. But the label for the variable is still blank.

When I use other options like rename, it is working fine and the variable name is being changed.

Following is the below code, where I'm facing the issue.

data cls2;
    	set sashelp.class;
    run;
    
    proc datasets;
    	modify cls2;
    		rename name = t;
    		label  t = 'test'
    			   sex = 'test2'
    			   ;
    			   
    quit;

Following is the log for the above code

The output is

Could you please help me, where I'm getting the code wrong

Re: PROC Datasets - Label option not working

Reeza — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:26:17 GMT

Post the output from the suggested code on SO.

Re: PROC Datasets - Label option not working

dastan — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:42:03 GMT

Hi Reeza,

I've updated the post with the output.

Re: PROC Datasets - Label option not working

Reeza — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:51:33 GMT

That's not the output from the code.

Re: PROC Datasets - Label option not working

dastan — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:57:00 GMT

thats the cls2 dataset modified after the proc datasets procedure is run.

Re: PROC Datasets - Label option not working

Reeza — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 17:58:33 GMT

Ok then. The code has no issues, your log has no issues.

You're doing something wrong and unless you post the full log from the code I *had* posted on SO we can't tell you anything else.

Notice that that's the same response you're getting on SO.

Good Luck.

Re: PROC Datasets - Label option not working

Reeza — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 18:28:49 GMT

Check your options, there's a label/nolabel option that could be set on your server.

http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lesysoptsref/69799/HTML/default/viewer.htm#p02de158iswt9tn1eu1nt59jmoae.htm