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JHE
Obsidian | Level 7 JHE
Obsidian | Level 7

run this:

LIBNAME mydata "/mnt/nfs/prod/Sched/OpsDeptData/Operations/ITSM/IMPORT/DATA";

 

log:

LIBNAME mydata "/mnt/nfs/prod/Sched/OpsDeptData/Operations/ITSM/IMPORT/DATA";
WARNING: Library MYDATA does not exist.
NOTE: Libref MYDATA was successfully assigned as follows:
Engine: V9
Physical Name: /mnt/nfs/prod/Sched/OpsDeptData/Operations/ITSM/IMPORT/DATA

 

run the code:

proc sql;
create table mydata.MIM1 as
select * from work.MIM1;
quit;

 

log:

28 proc sql;
29 create table mydata.MIM1 as
30 select * from work.MIM1;
ERROR: Library MYDATA does not exist.

 

why ?

 

 

2 REPLIES 2
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

This is your clue:

LIBNAME mydata "/mnt/nfs/prod/Sched/OpsDeptData/Operations/ITSM/IMPORT/DATA";
WARNING: Library MYDATA does not exist.

The SAS session can't find the directory. Mind that your workspace server might run on a remote machine that does not have the network share mounted.

JHE
Obsidian | Level 7 JHE
Obsidian | Level 7

Oh, I see, let me check. 

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