The SASEFAME interface engine uses standard engine syntax. Table 1 summarizes the options used by the SASEFAME engine.
Table 1: Summary of LIBNAME libref SASEFAME Statement Options
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| AS_DB= | Specifies the channel name to use for a local database; used when Fame expressions or formulas need to resolve in a Fame child process. |
| AS_NAME= | Specifies the name to use for an explicit connection for remote access; used with the CONNECT=YES option. |
| CONNECT= | Specifies whether or not you want to use an explicit named connection for remote access, which you name in the AS_NAME= option |
| CONVERT= | Specifies the Fame frequency and the Fame technique |
| CROSSLIST= | Specifies a Fame crosslist fame_namelist to perform selection based on the crossproduct of two Fame namelists |
| DBVERSION= | Echoes the present version number of the Fame Work database in the SAS log |
| DEBUG= | Specifies whether or not you need diagnostic message logging in the SAS log window |
| FAMEOUT= | Specifies the Fame data object class/type that you want output to the SAS data set |
| INSET= | Uses a SAS data set named setname and KEEP= fame_expression_group as selection input variables or WHERE= fame_bygroup as selection input for BY variables |
| ON_HOST= | Specifies the remote Fame MCADBS server node name to connect to; used with the CONNECT=YES option. |
| PASS= | Specifies the password for the connection, which should match the password that you use as the adduser parameter in your Fame FRDB facsq command; used with the USER= option (for remote access). |
| RANGE= | Specifies the range of data to keep in ddmmmyyy – ddmmmyyyy format |
| TO_SERVICE= | Specifies the port number that you started the MCADBS service on, which is the same port that you specified in the -p argument in the mcadbs.exe command on your MCADBS server; used with the CONNECT=YES option (for remote access). |
| TUNEFAME= | Tunes the Fame database engine’s use of memory to reduce I/O in favor of a bigger virtual memory for caching database objects |
| TUNECHLI= | Tunes the CHLI database engine’s use of memory to reduce I/O in favor of a bigger virtual memory for caching database objects |
| USER= | Specifies the user name for the connection, which should match the user name you use as the adduser parameter in your Fame FRDB facsq command; used with the PASS= option (for remote access). |
| WILDCARD= | Specifies a Fame wildcard to match data object series names within the Fame database |