How do I get data in EG work library to show up in the ODS Graphics Designer work library?

[Viljami]

I cannot get my EG data into ODS Graphics Designer. If I save my dataset in work library in EG 7.15 and then open up ODS Graphics designer, I cannot see my dataset in there. How could I fix this issue?

[Kurt_Bremser]

The WORK library is, by definition, "private" to every single SAS session, and is deleted when the session terminates. It cannot be used to exchange data between sessions/processes.

You need to store your data in a permanent library available to both processes.

[Viljami]

Thank you for the fast reply. All instructions I've seen for ODS Graphics Designer advice accessing

data through WORK library. I think the problem is that the ODS Graphics Designer should have access to

the WORK library in the open EG session but in our server it does not and I don't know how to work around this problem.

[Kurt_Bremser]

The ODS Graphics Designer connects to the same server, but starts its own SAS session; so you have to use permanent libraries for your data.

[Viljami]

Very well, but I do not seem to have libraries to which I could write and would be accessible to both. Is there any way to open data in ODS Graphics Designer from any location (e.g. network drives)?

[Kurt_Bremser]

Have a talk with your SAS admin to set up a permanent library where you have write permission.

[Viljami · Accepted solution]

There was a way to create such library using the SAS Management Console 9.4.