topic Re: Libref is not assigned in SAS Studio

Libref is not assigned

a13 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 06:55:58 GMT

I am getting the errors mentioned in the screenshots while writing the program. I am using the SAS Studio via Oracle VM Virtual Box, so I don't have the path available for specifying the libname, I'm exporting the Cars table into my folders and then using that path. Please help me on how to specify the path.

Re: Libref is not assigned

andreas_lds — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 06:59:58 GMT

Please post the log using {i}-icon.

Re: Libref is not assigned

a13 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:24:13 GMT

LOGS:

OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

74 /* %let dirdata="/folders/myfolders/CARS.csv"; */

75 libname libsas '/folders/myfolders/CARS.dta';

ERROR: Library LIBSAS is not in a valid format for access method RANDOM.

ERROR: Error in the LIBNAME statement.

76 /*1*/

77 /* data snow.snowfall; */

78 data libsas.ecars;

79 set sashelp.cars;

80 where Origin='Europe';

81 run;

ERROR: Libref LIBSAS is not assigned.

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

82 proc print data=libsas.ecars;

ERROR: Libref LIBSAS is not assigned.

83 run;

NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINT used (Total process time):

real time 0.00 seconds

cpu time 0.00 seconds

87 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

100

Re: Libref is not assigned

ChrisBrooks — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:31:42 GMT

You are including a file name (cars.dta) in your libname statement when it should only contain a folder name. If you change your libname statement to:

libname libsas '/folders/myfolders';

Your code will work

Re: Libref is not assigned

a13 — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 07:37:09 GMT

Yes, removing Cars.dta from path worked fine. Thank you. 🙂