How to e-mail SAS dataset as sas7bdat file

[Sapkota]

Hello All,

I need to email a SAS dataset as SAS7bdat file. The recipient of the email should be able to open it as a SAS dataset as the sas7bdat file and not as the excel or txt file.

The dataset I want to email is in the SAS System in the temporary work folder. I guess the first step is to save the SAS dataset in the desktop and then insert it in the email as sas7bdat file. However, I could not figure out how to save it first as a SAS7bdat in the desktop. I am however able to import the dataset out of the SAS system as the excel file, but I did not see any function of importing it as the SAS7bdat file.

I will appreciate any help towards this achieving this goal. Thank you.

San

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Assuming you have access/permissions you can use a libname to copy the file to your desktop though that seems like a bad idea.

Are you using SAS to email the file?

libname outdesk 'C:/users/Sapkota/desktop/';

proc datasets library=work nodetails nolist;

copy in=work out=outdesk;

select file_to_export;

run;quit;

libname outdesk;

[Sapkota]

Hi Reeza,

Thank you. The SAS program you wrote worked! Much appreciate it.

No, I am not using SAS to email the file.

Sanjeeb