Read a sas dataset from a shared drive location

[astha8882000]

I have a SAS data set (.sas7bdat) in a shared drive location. How do I read that file? If I use general libname command then I get the error so I'm assuming libname should be used to create librefs for sas grid specific locations only.

libname trial "S:\shared drive path";
data check1;
set trial.[dataset name that I want to read];
run;

NOTE: Library TRIAL does not exist.

ERROR: File TRIAL.[dataset name that I want to read].DATA does not exist.

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

It means that the location is not available on your SAS server. It might be mounted there under another name (especially if your grid uses UNIX), or not mounted at all.

[ballardw]

I would expect to see something in log indicating whether the library was successfully assigned.

From my log for example:

NOTE: Libref BRFSS was successfully assigned as follows:
      Engine:        V9
      Physical Name: <Path>\BRFSS

or a not that it wasn't successful. If not likely the issue would be either the path or permissions.