.sas7bdat access with SAS Studio

[JackiStudio]

Hi there -

I'm very new to SAS Studio and trying to access data that I need for a course. This dataset was downloaded from Canvas (from my professor) and now I need to access it in SAS Studio. I've seen all the posts about referencing the file in which it lives, but that is not working for me. I don't have the normal C: folders, I have this:

).

I tried this code

libname HIM5623 '/Users/jackiadams/Desktop';
run;

But then I get this response. (Also, there is a library named HIM5623, so I'm not sure why I'm getting that.) Any information to help me get this dataset somewhere I can access it, would be greatly appreciated.

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

70

71 libname HIM5623 '/Users/jackiadams/Desktop';

NOTE: Libref HIM5623 refers to the same physical library as MYDATA.

WARNING: Library HIM5623 does not exist.

NOTE: Libref HIM5623 was successfully assigned as follows:

Engine: V9

Physical Name: /Users/jackiadams/Desktop

72 run;

73

74

75 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

86

[Shmuel]

Locate the cursor on HIM5623 folder and right click to check proerties - you will get the right path to the folder,

to be used in the LIBNAME statement.

[Reeza]

You're trying to use your C drive (Desktop) with a cloud installation of SAS. It cannot see your C drive or anything on your computer. Instead, you need to find the correct path for the data set on the server and you can do that by right clicking the file and selecting properties.

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@JackiStudio wrote:

Hi there -

I'm very new to SAS Studio and trying to access data that I need for a course. This dataset was downloaded from Canvas (from my professor) and now I need to access it in SAS Studio. I've seen all the posts about referencing the file in which it lives, but that is not working for me. I don't have the normal C: folders, I have this:

).

I tried this code

libname HIM5623 '/Users/jackiadams/Desktop';
run;

But then I get this response. (Also, there is a library named HIM5623, so I'm not sure why I'm getting that.) Any information to help me get this dataset somewhere I can access it, would be greatly appreciated.

1 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

70

71 libname HIM5623 '/Users/jackiadams/Desktop';

NOTE: Libref HIM5623 refers to the same physical library as MYDATA.

WARNING: Library HIM5623 does not exist.

NOTE: Libref HIM5623 was successfully assigned as follows:

Engine: V9

Physical Name: /Users/jackiadams/Desktop

72 run;

73

74

75 OPTIONS NONOTES NOSTIMER NOSOURCE NOSYNTAXCHECK;

86

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[Tom]

How could a folder named "my_datasets" have a path that ends in "Desktop"?

[Reeza]

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@Tom wrote:

How could a folder named "my_datasets" have a path that ends in "Desktop"?

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It can in SAS UE depending on what you name the shortcut in the virtual machine, but that's not relevant to this discussion as it's OnDemand for Academics as the first screenshot shows URL for OnDemand server. 

[Reeza]

If the data set is not already on the server, the little up arrow, 4th icon on first screenshot, will allow you to upload the file to the server.