I am trying to import a dataset that is a .dat file using prespecified code (this is for the Youth Risk Behavior Survey). Please help:
CODE:
/****************************************************************************************/ /* This SAS program creates a permanent SAS format library that is used to analyze to */ /* analyze the 2007 YRBS dataset. */ /* */ /* Change the file location specification from "c:\yrbs2007" to the location where you */ /* want the format library to be stored before you run this program. Change the */ /* location specification in the "library" statement at the top of the program. */ /* */ /* Note: Run "YRBS_2007_SAS_Format_Program.sas" BEFORE you run */ /* "YRBS_2007_SAS_Input_Program.sas" to create the 2007 YRBS dataset. */ /****************************************************************************************/ libname yrbs "home/uXXXXXXXX/sasuser.v94/yrbs2007.dat"; proc format library=yrbs;
ERROR MESSAGE:
Since you use a RELATIVE path SAS is trying to find a directory named home under the current working directory.
Instead make sure to use an ABSOLUTE path. Make sure that your path starts with the root node, / .
Also make sure the path points to a DIRECTORY and not to a FILE.
And do not put anything into the SASUSER directory. SAS uses that directory to store your default option settings.
Try using your home directory (I assume the x'd out the actual account name).
libname yrbs "/home/uXXXXXXXX/";
Or make a subdirectory and use that.
libname yrbs "/home/uXXXXXXXX/yrbs/";
A Base library (where no specific engine is used) has to point to a directory, not a file.
Libraries that point to a file are used with specific engines, like
libname myex xlsx "/path/file.xlsx";
I guess you have a SAS program supplied by the website, and misunderstood how you need to adapt it to your environment (SAS On Demand?).
In your home directory, create a directory called yrbs2007. Then change the libname:
libname yrbs "/home/uXXXXXXXX/yrbs2007";
Note the leading slash, making this an absolute path instead of a relative one. You can abbreviate the path to your home directory by using the tilde character, or the HOME environment variable:
libname yrbs "$HOME/yrbs2007";
libname yrbs "~/yrbs2007";
The libname statement pointing to your home directory can be written as:
libname YRBS '~';
The data set YRBS2007
is file yrbs2007.sasb7dat
can then be referenced like this:
proc print data=YRBS.YRBS2007; run;
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