How to assign permanent lib and use SET statement..

[shresabari]

Hi, I am new to sas base programming. I am using SAS studio to study. I have been trying to use the external data files but first assign this as permanent so that I can use the data using SET statement. I know how to assign a permanent library but not while using SET statement. Could anyone please help me with it?

[Reeza]

Are you using SAS UE?

Set up a library as:

libname mylib 'path to folder with sas datasets';

data want;
set MYLIB.MYDATA;
run;

[shresabari]

 Yeah I am. I tried that but it says the data is not present. What I did is I uploaded the external file directly to the folder that is defined in the libname. and did the same step as you have suggested.

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Did you follow the set up instructions exactly? Is your shared folder defined properly? When you start up SAS UE on the orange screen do you see a warning about a Shared Folder myfolders being set up?

Your data and library should reside in that myfolders location and since SAS UE is on a Unix VM you need to ensure that you match the case of the folder/path and that you're reference it using "/" rather than the Windows path. Post your code if you're having issues. Also please review posts under Learning where other users have had issues with setting this up, it's a VERY common question here.

[shresabari]

 Thanks 🙂