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Batman
Quartz | Level 8

Can I obtain the attributes of a SAS XLSX library, such as "creation date" and "last modified date"?   I tried the list option, proc contents and proc datasets, but none supplied those attributes.

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Ksharp
Super User
filename x '/folders/myfolders/have.xlsx';

proc sql;
 select * from dictionary.EXTFILES
  where Fileref='X' ;
quit;

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Reeza
Super User

Those are file properties. Look at the FINFO function

Ksharp
Super User
filename x '/folders/myfolders/have.xlsx';

proc sql;
 select * from dictionary.EXTFILES
  where Fileref='X' ;
quit;

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