Loading format in a library

[pacman94]

Hello. I have a bunch of datasets in a library called: 'TrialData'. I have the format library stored in the 'TrialData' as well. 

However, when I try to apply the format in the same 'TrialData' library, it doesn't work. I have to save them under 'Work' library. Is there any way it can be fixed? Thanks!

PROC FORMAT LIBRARY=TrialData;

VALUE Assessment 1='Yes' 0='No' 99 ='Missing or not reported';

VALUE CommitmentStatus 1='Yes' 0='No' 99 = 'Missing or not reported;

RUN;

Applying format to one of the datasets = Dataset1

DATA TrialData.Dataset1; SET TrialData.Dataset1;

FORMAT Assessment Assessment.

CommitmentStatus CommitmentStatus .;

RUN;

It doesn't work. It only works if I load the format in the Work library

Thanks so much!

[Tom]

You have to tell SAS where to LOOK for formats.

Change the FMTSEARCH system option to include your new format catalog.  Since you didn't tell PROC FORMAT what name to use for the catalog it used FORMATS.  So you want to add either the libref TrialData to the search path or the catalog TrialData.formats.