System Options Listed Alphabetically

A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y

Name
Syntax and Description
-ACCESSIBILITY STANDARD | EXTENDED
Enables the accessibility features on the Customize Tools dialog box.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ACCESSIBLECHECK | NOACCESSIBLECHECK
Specifies whether to check for common violations of accessibility standards and to write messages to the SAS log if problems are found.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ACCESSIBLEGRAPH | NOACCESSIBLEGRAPH
Specifies, by default, to create accessible ODS graphics for the ODS5 destination by enabling the ACCESSIBLE_GRAPH option in the ODS HTML5 statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ACCESSIBLEPDF | NOACCESSIBLEPDF
Specifies, by default, to create accessible graphs in PDF documents by enabling the ACCESSIBLE option in the ODS PDF statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ACCESSIBLETABLE | NOACCESSIBLETABLE
Specifies whether to create accessible tables by default.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ALIGNSASIOFILES | NOALIGNSASIOFILES
Aligns output data on a page boundary to improve performance.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
–ALIGNSASIOFILES | –NOALIGNSASIOFILES
Aligns the pages of data in a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-ALIGNSASIOFILES
-NOALIGNSASIOFILES
Aligns the pages of data in a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ALIGNSASIOFILES | NOALIGNSASIOFILES
Aligns output data on a page boundary for SAS data sets written to UFS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
–ALTLOG file-specification | –NOALTLOG
Specifies the destination for a copy of the SAS log when SAS is running from the command line.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-ALTLOG destination
-NOALTLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ALTLOG=<file-specification>
NOALTLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-ALTPRINT file-specification | -NOALTPRINT
Specifies the destination for the output files from SAS procedures when SAS is running from the command line.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-ALTPRINT file-specification
-NOALTPRINT
Specifies the destination for the copies of the output files from SAS procedures.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ALTPRINT=<file-specification>
NOALTPRINT
Specifies the destination for the copies of the output files from SAS procedures.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ANIMATION=START | STOP
Specifies whether to start or stop creating animation frames.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ANIMDURATION=duration | MIN
Specifies the amount of time that each frame in the animation is held in view.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ANIMLOOP=YES | NO | n
Specifies whether the animation loop is played continuously or is played once, or specifies a specific number of times that the animation loop is repeated.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ANIMOVERLAY | NOANIMOVERLAY
Specifies whether animation frames are overlaid or whether they are played sequentially.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-APPEND system-option new-option-value
Used when SAS starts; appends the specified value to the existing value at the end of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-APPEND system-option argument
Used when SAS starts, appends the specified value at the end of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
APPEND=(system-option-1=argument-1 <system-option-2=argument-2 ...>)
Appends a value to the existing value of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
APPEND=(system-option=appended-value)
Appends the specified value to the existing value at the end of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
APPENDVARLENWARN
NOAPPENDVARLENWARN
Specifies whether PROC APPEND issues a WARNING or a NOTE to the SAS log when the length of a variable in the BASE target data set is longer than the length of the variable in the DATA source data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
APPLETLOC="base-URL"
Specifies the location of Java applets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
APPLETLOC=“base-URL”
Specifies the location of Java applets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ARMAGENT=module
Specifies another vendor's ARM agent, which is an executable module or keyword (such as, LOG4SAS), that contains a specific implementation of the ARM API.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Interface to Application Response Measurement (ARM): Reference
ARMAGENT=module
Specifies another vendor's ARM agent, which is an executable module that contains a vendor's implementation of the ARM API.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ARMLOC=fileref | filename
Specifies the location of the ARM log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Interface to Application Response Measurement (ARM): Reference
ARMSUBSYS=(ARM_NONE | ARM_ALL | subsystem-1 <item(s)>
<, subsystem-2 ><item(s)> <OFF> )
Specifies whether to initialize the ARM subsystems, which determine the internal SAS processing transactions to be monitored.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Interface to Application Response Measurement (ARM): Reference
ASYNCHIO | NOASYNCHIO
Specifies whether asynchronous I/O is enabled.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
AUTHINFO='authinfo_file_path';
Specifies a file where user ID and passwords are kept for authentication.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
In Windows and z/OS operating environments:
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN provider : domain
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN (provider-1 : domain-1 <, provider-2 : domain-2, ...>)
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN \(provider-1 : domain-1 <, provider-2 : domain-2, ...> \)
Associates a domain suffix with an authentication provider.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN <provider: domain>
AUTHPROVIDERDOMAIN <(provider-1: domain-1<, ...provider: domain-n>)>
Associates a domain suffix with an authentication provider.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AUTHSERVER <" " | 'domain-name' | '.'>
AUTHSERVER <" " | 'domain-name' | '.'>
Specifies the authentication domain server to search for secure server logins.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
AUTOCORRECT | NOAUTOCORRECT
Specifies whether SAS attempts to automatically correct misspelled procedure names, misspelled procedure keywords, or misspelled global statement names.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-AUTOEXEC file-specification | -NOAUTOEXEC
-AUTOEXEC \(file-specification-1 <...file-specification-n>\)
Specifies the location of the SAS autoexec file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-AUTOEXEC file-specification
-NOAUTOEXEC
Specifies the SAS autoexec file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
AUTOEXEC=(file-specification1 <file-specification-2 ...>) | NOAUTOEXEC
Specifies the SAS autoexec file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-AUTOSAVELOC fileref | pathname
AUTOSAVELOC fileref | pathname
Specifies the location of the Program Editor autosave file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
AUTOSAVELOC="location"
Specifies the location of the Program Editor autosave file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
AUTOSIGNON | NOAUTOSIGNON
Automatically signs on the client session to the server session, establishing a client/server connection when a connection does not already exist.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
-AWSCONTROL <TITLE | NOTITLE> <SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU>
<MINMAX | NOMINMAX>
AWSCONTROL= <TITLE | NOTITLE> <SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU>
<MINMAX | NOMINMAX>
Specifies whether the main SAS window includes a title bar, a system control menu, and minimize maximize buttons.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AWSDEF row-percent-position column-percent-position height-percent width-percent
AWSDEF=row-percent-position column-percent-position height-percent width-percent
Specifies the location and dimensions of the main SAS window when SAS initializes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AWSMENU | -NOAWSMENU
AWSMENU | NOAWSMENU
Specifies whether to display the menu bar in the main SAS window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AWSMENUMERGE | -NOAWSMENUMERGE
AWSMENUMERGE | NOAWSMENUMERGE
Specifies whether to embed menu items that are specific to Windows in the main menus.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AWSTITLE "title-text"
Replaces the default text in the main SAS title bar.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-AZUREAUTHCACHELOC "location"
Specifies the location of a file that contains logon information for connecting to a Microsoft Azure storage system
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
AZURETENANTID="tenant-id"
Specifies the tenant ID for connecting to a Microsoft Azure storage system
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
BINDING=DEFAULTEDGE | LONGEDGE | SHORTEDGE
Specifies the binding edge for duplexed printed output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
BLKALLOC | NOBLKALLOC
Causes SAS to set LRECL and BLKSIZE values for a SAS library when it is allocated rather than when it is first accessed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
BLKSIZE(device-type)=value
Specifies the default starting point for block size calculations for new direct access bound libraries that reside in DSORG=PS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
BLKSIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the default block size for SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
BOMFILE | NOBOMFILE
Specifies whether to write the byte-order mark (BOM) prefix on Unicode-encoded external files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
BOTTOMMARGIN=margin-size<margin-unit>
Specifies the size of the margin at the bottom of a printed page.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-BUFNO n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
BUFNO=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing a SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-BUFNO n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
BUFNO= n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
BUFNO=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
BUFNO=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB notations.
Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing SAS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-BUFSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MAX
BUFSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MAX
Specifies the size of a permanent buffer page for an output SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-BUFSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MAX
BUFSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MAX
Specifies the permanent buffer page size for output SAS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
BUFSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MAX
Specifies the permanent buffer page size for output SAS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
BUFSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the permanent buffer size for output SAS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
BYERR | NOBYERR
Specifies whether SAS produces errors when the SORT procedure attempts to process a _NULL_ data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
BYLINE | NOBYLINE
Specifies whether to print BY lines above each BY group.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
BYSORTED | NOBYSORTED
Specifies whether observations in one or more data sets are sorted in alphabetic or numeric order or are grouped in another logical order.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CAPS | NOCAPS
Specifies whether to convert certain types of input to uppercase.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CAPSOUT | NOCAPSOUT
Specifies that all output is to be converted to uppercase.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CARDIMAGE | NOCARDIMAGE
Specifies whether SAS processes source and data lines as 80-byte cards.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CARDIMAGE | NOCARDIMAGE
Processes SAS source and data lines as 80-byte records.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CASDATALIMIT=integer | integerK | integerM | integerG | ALL
Specifies the maximum number of bytes of data from a single CAS table that can be transferred from the CAS server to SAS.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
CASHOST= "primary-controller-host-name"
CASHOST= ("primary-controller-host-name" <<,> "backup-controller-host-name“>)
Specifies the CAS primary and backup host names that are associated with a CAS session.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
CASNCHARMULTIPLIER=n
Specifies a multiplication factor that is used to increase the number of bytes for a fixed character variable when using the CAS LIBNAME engine and data is transcoded to the UTF-8 encoding in order to run in the CAS server.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
CASNWORKERS= ALL | number
Specifies the number of worker nodes to use for a CAS session.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
CASPORT=port-number
Specifies the port to use when connecting to CAS.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
CASTIMEOUT= n | nK | nM | hexX | MAX | MIN
Specifies the CAS session time-out in seconds for new sessions. The session time-out starts when the number of connections to the session becomes zero and all session activity is complete.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
CASUSER= user-ID
CASUSERID= user-ID
Specifies the user ID to use when connecting to CAS.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
-CATCACHE n | nK | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open in cache memory.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-CATCACHE n | nK | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
CATCACHE=n | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open in cache memory.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CATCACHE=n | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CBUFNO=n
Specifies the number of extra page buffers to allocate for each open SAS catalog.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CENTER | NOCENTER
Specifies whether to center or left-align SAS procedure output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CGOPTIMIZE=0 | 1 | 2 | 3
Specifies the level of optimization to perform during code compilation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CHARCODE | NOCHARCODE
Specifies whether specific keyboard combinations are substituted for special characters that are not on the keyboard.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CHARTYPE=cell-size | screen-size
Specifies a character set or screen size to use for a device.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CHKPTCLEAN | NOCHKPTCLEAN
When SAS is in checkpoint mode or restart mode, specifies whether to erase the contents of the Work library after a batch program executes successfully.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CLEANUP | NOCLEANUP
For an out-of-resource condition, specifies whether to perform an automatic cleanup or a user-specified cleanup.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-CLEANUP | -NOCLEANUP
CLEANUP | NOCLEANUP
Specifies how to handle out-of-resource conditions.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-CLEANUP | -NOCLEANUP
CLEANUP | NOCLEANUP
Specifies how to handle an out-of-resource condition.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
CLIENTWORK=“operand ... <operand ...>”
Specifies dynamic allocation options for creating client work libraries in a SAS server environment.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CLIST | NOCLIST
Specifies that SAS obtains its input from a CLIST.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CMPLIB=libref.data-set | (libref.data-set(s) < _DISPLAYLOC_>)
| (libref.data-set-m–libref.data-set-n < _DISPLAYLOC_>)
CMPLIB=_DISPLAYLOC_
CMPLIB=_NO_DISPLAYLOC_
Specifies one or more SAS data sets that contain compiler subroutines to include during program compilation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CMPMODEL=BOTH | CATALOG | XML
Specifies the output model type for the MODEL procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CMPOPT=optimization-value | (optimization-value(s)) | "optimization-value(s)" | ALL | NONE
NOCMPOPT
Specifies the type of code generation optimizations to use in the SAS language compiler.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
COLLATE | NOCOLLATE
Specifies whether to collate multiple copies of printed output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
COLOPHON="text-string"
Specifies a text string that is embedded in a graphic file or a PDF that is created by Universal Printers. The text string is not displayed in the rendered graphic or PDF.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
COLORPRINTING | NOCOLORPRINTING
Specifies whether to print in color if color printing is supported.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
COMAMID=access-method-ID
Identifies the primary communications access method to connect a client and a server across a network.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
COMAMID=access-method-ID
Identifies the primary communications access method to connect a client and a server across a network.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User’s Guide
COMAUX1=name
Specifies the first alternate communication access method.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User’s Guide
-COMDEF TOP | CENTER | BOTTOM
<LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT>
Specifies the location where the SAS Command window is displayed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-COMPRESS NO | CHAR | BINARY
COMPRESS=NO | CHAR | BINARY
Specifies to compress SPD Engine data sets on disk as they are being created.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
COMPRESS=NO | YES | CHAR | BINARY
Specifies the type of compression of observations to use for output SAS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-CONFIG file-specification | –NOCONFIG
Specifies the configuration file that is used when initializing or overriding the values of SAS system options.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-CONFIG file-specification
Specifies the configuration file that is used when initializing or overriding the values of SAS system options.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
CONFIG=file-specification
Specifies the configuration file that is used when initializing or overriding the values of SAS system options.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
CONNECTEVENTS | NOCONNECTEVENTS
Specifies whether SAS events are propagated from the CONNECT server through the CONNECT client to SAS Enterprise Guide or to Add-in for Microsoft Office (AMO).
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
CONNECTMETACONNECTION | NOCONNECTMETACONNECTION
Specifies whether a SAS/CONNECT server is authorized to access a SAS Metadata Server at server sign-on.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
CONNECTOUTPUT=BUFFERED | IMMEDIATE
For a synchronous RSUBMIT, directs the server's output and log to the client session.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
CONNECTPERSIST | NOCONNECTPERSIST
Specifies whether a connection between a client and a server persists (continues) after the RSUBMIT has completed.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
CONNECTREMOTE=server-ID
Identifies the server session that a SAS/CONNECT client connects to.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
CONNECTSTATUS | NOCONNECTSTATUS
Specifies the default setting for the display of the Transfer Status window.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
CONNECTWAIT | NOCONNECTWAIT
Specifies whether remote submits are executed synchronously or asynchronously.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
COPIES=n
Specifies the number of copies to print.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CPUCOUNT= 1 - 1024 | ACTUAL
Specifies the number of processors that the thread-enabled applications should assume are available for concurrent processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CPUID | NOCPUID
Specifies whether the CPU identification number is written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CSTGLOBALLIB='location'
Specifies the location of the SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit global standards library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
CSTSAMPLELIB='location'
Specifies the location of the SAS Clinical Standards Toolkit sample library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DATAPAGESIZE=COMPAT93 | CURRENT
Specifies how SAS determines the optimal buffer size for a SAS data set or utility file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DATASTMTCHK=COREKEYWORDS | ALLKEYWORDS | NONE
Specifies which SAS statement keywords are prohibited from being specified as a one-level DATA step name to protect against overwriting an input data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DATE | NODATE
Specifies whether to print the date and time that a SAS program started.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DATESTYLE= MDY | YMD | DMY | LOCALE
Specifies the sequence of month, day, and year when ANYDTDTE, ANYDTDTM, or ANYDTTME informat data is ambiguous.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DATESTYLE= MDY | YMD | DMY | LOCALE
Specifies the sequence of month, day, and year when ANYDTDTE, ANYDTDTM, or ANYDTTME informat data is ambiguous.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
DB2CATALOG=SYSIBM | catalog-owner
Overrides the default owner of DB2 catalog tables.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
-DBCS | -NODBCS (UNIX and Windows)
DBCS | NODBCS ( z/OS)
Recognizes double-byte character sets (DBCS).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
-DBCSLANG language (UNIX and Windows)
DBCSLANG = language ( z/OS)
Specifies a double-byte character set (DBCS) language.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
-DBCSTYPE encoding-method (UNIX and Windows)
DBCSTYPE = encoding-method ( z/OS)
Specifies the encoding method to use for a double-byte character set (DBCS).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
DBFMTIGNORE | NODBFMTIGNORE
Specifies whether to ignore numeric formats.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
DBIDIRECTEXEC | NODBIDIRECTEXEC
Lets the SQL pass-through facility optimize handling of SQL statements by passing them directly to the database for execution.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
DBIDIRECTEXEC | NODBIDIRECTEXEC
Lets the SQL pass-through facility optimize handling of SQL statements by passing them directly to the database for execution.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
DBSLICEPARM=NONE | THREADED_APPS | ALL
DBSLICEPARM=(NONE | THREADED_APPS | ALL < max-threads> )
DBSLICEPARM=(NONE | THREADED_APPS | ALL<, max-threads>)
Controls the scope of DBMS threaded Reads and the number of threads.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
DBSRVTP='ALL' | 'NONE' | '(engine-name(s))'
Specifies whether SAS/ACCESS engines hold or block the originating client while making performance-critical calls to the database.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
DEBUGOPT=“<DEBUGHOST=debug-host><, DEBUGPORT=debug-port-number>”
NODEBUGOPT
Specifies the host and port where debugging SAS languages occurs
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DECIMALCONV=COMPATIBLE | STDIEEE
Specifies the binary to decimal conversion and formatting methodology.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DEFLATION=n | MIN | MAX
Specifies the level of compression for device drivers that support the Deflate compression algorithm.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DETAILS | NODETAILS
Specifies whether to include additional information when files are listed in a SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-DEVICE device-driver-name
DEVICE=device-driver-name
Specifies a device driver for graphics output for SAS/GRAPH software.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-DEVICE device-driver-name
DEVICE= device-driver-name
Specifies a device driver for graphics output for SAS/GRAPH software.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
DEVICE=device-driver-specification
Specifies the device driver to which SAS/GRAPH sends procedure output.
Product: SAS/GRAPH
Document: SAS/GRAPH: Reference
DEVICE=device-driver-name
Specifies a device driver for graphics output for SAS/GRAPH software.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DFLANG='language', locale
Specifies the language for international date informats and formats.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
DKRICOND=ERROR | WARN | WARNING | NOWARN | NOWARNING
Specifies the level of error detection to report when a variable is missing from an input data set during the processing of a DROP=, KEEP=, or RENAME= data set option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DKROCOND=ERROR | WARN | WARNING | NOWARN | NOWARNING
Specifies the level of error detection to report when a variable is missing for an output data set during the processing of a DROP=, KEEP=, or RENAME= data set option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DLCREATEDIR | NODLCREATEDIR
Specifies to create a directory for the SAS library that is named in a LIBNAME statement if the directory does not exist.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DLCREATEDIR | NODLCREATEDIR
Creates a directory for a SAS library that is specified in a LIBNAME statement if the directory does not exist.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLDISPCHG=AUTO | BYREQUEST | COMPAT91 | NONE
Controls changes in allocation disposition for an existing library data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLDMGACTION=FAIL | ABORT | REPAIR | NOINDEX | PROMPT
Specifies the type of action to take when a SAS data set or a SAS catalog is detected as damaged.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DLDSKEYLBL=label_name
Specifies a default dataset pervasive encryption key label for accessing SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLDSNTYPE= BASIC | LARGE | NONE
Specifies the default value of the DSNTYPE LIBNAME option for direct access bound libraries in DSORG=PS data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLEXCPCOUNT | NODLEXCPCOUNT
Reports number of EXCPs to direct access bound SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLLBI | NODLLBI
Specifies whether the default BLKSIZE for the sequential access bound library that is being assigned can exceed 32760 if the library resides on a tape device.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLMSGLEVEL=ERROR | WARN | INFO | DIAG
Specifies the level of messages to generate for SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLSEQDSNTYPE=BASIC | LARGE | EXTREQ | EXTPREF | NONE
Specifies the default value of the DSNTYPE LIBNAME option for sequential-access bound libraries on disk.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DLTRUNCHK | NODLTRUNCHK
Enables checking for SAS library truncation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DMR
invokes a server session.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
DMR | NODMR
Specifies whether to enable SAS to invoke a server session for use with a SAS/CONNECT client.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DMS | NODMS
Specifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display the Log, Editor, and Output windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DMSEXP | NODMSEXP
Specifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display the Explorer, Editor, Log, Output, and Results windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DMSLOGSIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB syntax notation.
Specifies the maximum number of rows that the SAS Log window can display.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DMSOUTSIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB syntax notation.
Specifies the maximum number of rows that the SAS Output window can display.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DMSPGMLINESIZE= n
Specifies the maximum number of characters in a Program Editor line.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DMSSYNCHK | NODMSSYNCHK
In the SAS windowing environment, specifies whether to enable syntax check mode for DATA step and PROC step processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DQLOCALE=(locale-1 <, locale-2, ...>)
Specifies a locale, or an ordered list of locales
Product: SAS Data Quality Server
Document: SAS Data Quality and SAS Data Quality Server: Language Reference
DQOPTIONS=(DQSRVPROTOCOL= | <TRANSCODE= | ><IWA= | >)
Specifies SAS session parameters for data quality programs.
Product: SAS Data Quality Server
Document: SAS Data Quality and SAS Data Quality Server: Language Reference
DQSETUPLOC=('qkb-reference')
Specifies the name of the Quality Knowledge Base.
Product: SAS Data Quality Server
Document: SAS Data Quality and SAS Data Quality Server: Language Reference
DS2ACCEL=ANY | NONE
Specifies whether DS2 code is enabled for parallel processing in supported environments using the SAS In-Database Code Accelerator.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS DS2 Language Reference
DS2SCOND=ERROR | NONE | NOTE | WARNING
Specifies the level of messages that PROC DS2 displays in the SAS log for the DS2 variable declaration strict mode, which requires that every variable must be declared in the DS2 program.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS DS2 Language Reference
DSACCEL=ANY | NONE
Specifies whether the DATA step is enabled for parallel processing in supported environments.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DSCAS | NODSCAS
Specifies whether the DATA step runs in the CAS server or in SAS by default.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
DSNFERR | NODSNFERR
When a SAS data set cannot be found, specifies whether SAS issues an error message.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DSRESV | NODSRESV
Requests exclusive use of shared disk volumes when accessing partitioned data sets on shared disk volumes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
DTRESET | NODTRESET
Specifies whether to update the date and time in the SAS log and in the procedure output file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DUPLEX | NODUPLEX
Specifies whether duplex (two-sided) printing is enabled.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
DYNALLOC | NODYNALLOC
Controls whether SAS or the host sort utility allocates sort work data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-ECHO 'message' | -NOECHO
Specifies a message to be echoed to stdout.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-ECHO "message" | -NOECHO
Specifies a message to be echoed to the SAS log while initializing SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ECHO= "message"
Specifies a message to be echoed to the SAS log while initializing SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ECHOAUTO | NOECHOAUTO
Specifies whether the statements in the AUTOEXEC= file are written to the SAS log as they are executed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-EDITCMD "host-editor-pathname editor-options"
EDITCMD="host-editor-pathname editor-options"
Specifies the host editor to be used with the HOSTEDIT command.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
EMAILACKWAIT=number-of-seconds
Specifies the number of seconds that SAS waits to receive an acknowledgment from an SMTP server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
EMAILAUTHPROTOCOL=NONE | LOGIN | PLAIN
Specifies the authentication protocol for SMTP email.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-EMAILDLG NATIVE | SAS
Specifies whether to use the native email dialog box provided by your email application or the email dialog box provided by SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
EMAILFROM | NOEMAILFROM
When sending email by using SMTP, specifies whether the email option FROM is required in either the FILE or FILENAME statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
EMAILHOST=server | (server) | "server"
EMAILHOST=('server-1' <options> <'server-2'> <options > ...)
Specifies one or more SMTP servers that support email access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
EMAILID =logonid | profile | email-address
Identifies an email sender by specifying either a logon ID, an email profile, or an email address.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
EMAILPORT=port-number
Specifies the port that the SMTP server is attached to.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
EMAILPW= "password"
Specifies an email logon password.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-EMAILSYS SMTP | name-of-script
EMAILSYS=SMTP | name-of-script
Specifies the email protocol to use for sending electronic mail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-EMAILSYS MAPI | VIM | SMTP
Specifies the email protocol to use for sending electronic mail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
EMAILSYS= interface
Specifies the email protocol to use for sending electronic mail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
EMAILUTCOFFSET="+hhmm" | "-hhmm"
For email that is sent using the FILENAME statement EMAIL (SMTP) access method, specifies a UTC offset that is used in the Date header field of the email message.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-ENCODING= ASCIIANY | EBCDICANY | encoding-value (UNIX and Windows)
ENCODING= encoding-value (UNIX, Windows, and z/OS)
Specifies the default character-set encoding for the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
ENCRYPTFIPS
Specifies that the SAS encryption services use FIPS 140-2 validated encryption algorithms.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
-ENGINE engine-name
Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ENGINE=engine-name
Specifies the default access method for SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-ENGINE engine-name
Specifies the default access method to use for SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
ENGINE=engine-name
Specifies the default engine to use when assigning direct access SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-ENHANCEDEDITOR | -NOENHANCEDEDITOR
Specifies whether to enable the Enhanced Editor during SAS invocation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
ERRORABEND | NOERRORABEND
Specifies whether SAS responds to errors by terminating.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ERRORABEND | NOERRORABEND
Specifies whether SAS responds to errors by terminating.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ERRORBYABEND | NOERRORBYABEND
Specifies whether SAS ends a program when an error occurs in BY-group processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ERRORCHECK=NORMAL | STRICT
Specifies whether SAS enters syntax-check mode when errors are found in the LIBNAME, FILENAME, %INCLUDE, and LOCK statements.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ERRORS=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | MIN | MAX | hexX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the maximum number of observations for which SAS issues complete error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
EVENTDS=(<DEFAULTS | NODEFAULTS> event-data-set(s))
Specifies one or more data sets that define events.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
EXPLORER | NOEXPLORER
Specifies whether to invoke the SAS windowing environment and display only the Explorer and Program Editor windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
EXTENDOBSCOUNTER=YES | NO
Specifies whether to extend the maximum observation count in a new output SAS data file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FILEAUTHDEFER | NOFILEAUTHDEFER
Controls whether SAS performs file authorization checking for z/OS data sets or defers authorization checking to z/OS system services such as OPEN.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEBLKSIZE(device-type)=value
Specifies the default block size for external files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEBUFNO=n
Specifies how many memory buffers to allocate for reading and writing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILECC | NOFILECC
Specifies whether to treat data in column 1 of a printer file as carriage-control data when reading the file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEDEST=printer-destination
Specifies the default printer destination.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEDEV=device-name
Specifies the device name used for allocating new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEDIRBLK=n
Specifies the number of default directory blocks to allocate for new partitioned data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEEXT=VERIFY | IGNORE | INVALID | ASIS
Specifies how to handle file extensions when accessing members of partitioned data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEFORMS=operating-environment-form
Specifies the default SYSOUT form for a print file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILELBI | NOFILELBI
Controls the use of the z/OS Large Block Interface support for BSAM and QSAM files, as well as files on tapes that have standard labels.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-FILELOCKS setting path | path setting
-FILELOCKS NONE | FAIL | CONTINUE | RESET
FILELOCKS=(setting path | path setting)
FILELOCKS=NONE | FAIL | CONTINUE | RESET
Specifies whether file locking is turned on or off and what action should be taken if a file cannot be locked.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
FILELOCKS=AUTO | SHARED
FILELOCKS= (path setting)
Specifies the default SAS file locking that is to be used for external files (both UFS and native MVS). Also specifies the operating system file locking to be used for UFS files (both SAS files and external files).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILELOCKWAIT= wait-time
Sets the number of seconds that SAS waits for a locked file to become available.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
FILELOCKWAIT=wait-time
Sets the number of seconds that SAS waits for a locked file to become available.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
FILELOCKWAITMAX=wait-time
Sets an upper limit on the time SAS waits for a locked file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
FILELOCKWAITMAX= wait-time
Sets an upper limit on the amount of time that SAS waits for a locked file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
FILEMOUNT | NOFILEMOUNT
Specifies whether an off-line volume is to be mounted.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEMSGS | NOFILEMSGS
Controls whether you receive expanded dynamic allocation error messages when you are assigning a physical file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILENULL | NOFILENULL
Specifies whether zero-length records are written to external files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEPROMPT | NOFILEPROMPT
Controls whether you are prompted if you reference a data set that does not exist.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEREUSE | NOFILEREUSE
Specifies whether to reuse an existing allocation for a file that is being allocated to a temporary ddname.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESEQDSNTYPE=BASIC | LARGE | EXTREQ | EXTPREF | NONE
Specifies the default value that is assigned to DSNTYPE when it is not specified with a FILENAME statement, a DD statement, or a TSO ALLOC command.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESPPRI=primary-space-size
Specifies the default primary space allocation for new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESPSEC=secondary-space-size
Specifies the default secondary space allocation for new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESTAT | NOFILESTAT
Specifies whether ISPF statistics are written.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESYNC= SAS | CLOSE | HOST | SAVE
Specifies when operating system buffers that contain contents of permanent SAS files are written to disk.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FILESYNC= SAS | CLOSE | HOST | SAVE
Specifies when operating system buffers that contain contents of permanent SAS files are written to disk.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESYSOUT=sysout-class
Specifies the default SYSOUT CLASS for a printer file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILESYSTEM=MVS | HFS
Specifies the default file system used when the filename is ambiguous.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILETEMPDIR='dir-name'
Specifies the parent directory for FILENAME TEMPFILE.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEUNIT=unit-type
Specifies the default unit of allocation for new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILEVOL=volser | (volser-1, volser-2 ...)
Specifies which VOLSER to use for new physical files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FILSZ | NOFILSZ
Specifies that the host sort utility supports the FILSZ parameter.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-FILTERLIST "filter1 | filter2|... | filter-n"
Specifies an alternative set of file filter specifications to use for the Open and Save As dialog boxes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
FIRSTOBS= n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the row number or external file record that SAS processes first.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
FIRSTOBS=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the observation number or external file record that SAS processes first.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FMTERR | NOFMTERR
When a variable format cannot be found, specifies whether SAS generates an error or continues processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-FMTSEARCH (catalog-specification-1 <catalog-specification-2 ...>)
FMTSEARCH=(catalog-specification-1 ... < catalog-specification-2...>)
Specifies the order in which format catalogs are searched.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
FMTSEARCH=(catalog-specification(s))
Specifies the order in which format catalogs are searched.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-FONT "font-name" <BOLD | NORMAL> <REGULAR | ITALIC> <font-size>
<character-set>
FONT= "font-name" <BOLD | NORMAL> <REGULAR | ITALIC> <font-size>
<character-set>
Specifies a font to use for SAS windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-FONTALIAS "SAS-font" "host-specific-font"
Assigns a Windows font to one of the SAS fonts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
FONTEMBEDDING | NOFONTEMBEDDING
Specifies whether font embedding is enabled in Universal Printer and SAS/GRAPH printing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FONTRENDERING=HOST_PIXELS | FREETYPE_POINTS
Specifies whether SAS/GRAPH devices that are based on the SASGDGIF, SASGDTIF, and SASGDIMG modules render fonts by using the operating system or by using the FreeType engine.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FONTRENDERING=HOST_PIXELS | FREETYPE_POINTS
Specifies whether SAS/GRAPH devices that are based on the SASGDGIF, SASGDTIF, and SASGDIMG modules render fonts by using the operating system or by using the FreeType engine.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-FONTSLOC "directory-specification"
Specifies the location of the SAS fonts that are loaded during the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-FONTSLOC directory-specification
Specifies the location of the SAS fonts that are loaded during the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
FONTSLOC=location
Specifies the location of the fonts that are supplied by SAS; names the default font file location for registering fonts that use the FONTREG procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FONTSLOC=HFS directory path
Specifies the location of the SAS fonts that are loaded during the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-FORMCHAR "formatting-characters"
FORMCHAR="formatting-characters"
Specifies the default output formatting characters.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
FORMCHAR= 'formatting-characters'
Specifies the default output formatting characters.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FORMDLIM='delimiting-character'
Specifies a character to delimit page breaks in SAS output for the LISTING destination.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FORMS=form-name
If forms are used for printing, specifies the default form to use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
FSBCOLOR | NOFSBCOLOR
Specifies whether you can set background colors in SAS windows on vector graphics devices.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FSBORDER=BEST | PS | APL | NONE
Specifies what type of symbols are to be used in borders.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-FSDBTYPE encoding-method
Specifies a full-screen double-byte character set (DBCS) encoding method.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
FSDEVICE=device-name
Specifies the full-screen device driver for your terminal.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-FSIMM fsdevice_name=IMM-name1<, fsdevice_name=IMM-name2> ...
Specifies input method modules (IMMs) for full-screen double-byte character set (DBCS).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
-FSIMMOPT fullscreen-IMM:IMM-option
Specifies options for input method modules (IMMs) that are used with a full-screen double-byte character set (DBCS).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
FSMODE=data-stream-type
Specifies the full-screen data stream type.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
FULLSTATS | NOFULLSTATS
Specifies whether to write all available system performance statistics to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-FULLSTIMER | -NOFULLSTIMER
FULLSTIMER | NOFULLSTIMER
Specifies whether to write all available system performance statistics and the datetime stamp to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-FULLSTIMER | -NOFULLSTIMER
FULLSTIMER | NOFULLSTIMER
Specifies whether to write all available system performance statistics to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
GHFONT=font-specification
Specifies the default graphics hardware font.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-GRIDINSTALLLOC “user-path”
Identifies the location on the machine cluster where the SAS High-Performance Analytics environment is installed.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
-GRIDRSHCOMMAND “user-path”
Specifies the path to the executable file that is used to launch the SAS High-Performance Analytics environment.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
GSTYLE | NOGSTYLE
Specifies whether ODS styles can be used to generate graphs that are stored as GRSEG catalog entries.
Product: SAS/GRAPH
Document: SAS/GRAPH: Reference
GWINDOW | NOGWINDOW
Specifies whether SAS displays SAS/GRAPH output in the GRAPH window.
Product: SAS/GRAPH
Document: SAS/GRAPH: Reference
HELPBROWSER=REMOTE | SAS
Specifies the browser to use for SAS Help and ODS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
HELPENCMD | NOHELPENCMD
Specifies whether SAS uses the English version or the translated version of the keyword list for the command-line Help.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
HELPHOST="host"
Specifies the name of the computer where the remote browser is to send Help and ODS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
HELPHOST="host"
-HELPHOST "host"
Specifies the name of the host machine where the remote browser is to send Help and ODS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
Specifies the name of the computer where the remote browsing system is to be displayed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
HELPHOST=host
Specifies the name of the computer where the remote help browser is running.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-HELPINDEX index-pathname-1 <index-pathname-2 <index-pathname-3>>
Specifies one or more index files for the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-HELPINDEX <(> "index-pathname-1" < " index-pathname-2" " index-pathname-n")>
Specifies one or more index files for the SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-HELPLOC (pathname <, pathname-2 ..., pathname-n>)
Specifies the location of the text and index files for the facility that is used to view the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-HELPLOC <(> "pathname-1" <"pathname-2" "pathname-n")>
Specifies the location of Help files that are used to view SAS Help and Documentation using Microsoft HTML Help.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
HELPLOC=<(>location-1,<location-2, ...><)>
Specifies the location of the text and index files for the facility that is used to view SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HELPPORT=port-number
Specifies the port number for the remote browser client.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-HELPREGISTER "menu string" help file location <"help string"> <topic>
<CHM | HLP | HTML>
Registers help files to access from the main SAS window Help menu.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-HELPTOC TOC-pathname-1 <TOC-pathname-2 <TOC-pathname-3>>
Specifies the table of contents files for the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-HELPTOC <(> "TOC-pathname-1" <"TOC-pathname-2" " TOC-pathname-3")>
Specifies the table of contents files for the SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
HELPTOC TOC-pathname-1 < TOC-pathname-2 < TOC-pathname-3> >
Specifies the table of contents files for the online SAS Help and Documentation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HOSTINFOLONG | NOHOSTINFOLONG
Specifies to print additional operating environment information in the SAS log when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
HOSTINFOLONG | NOHOSTINFOLONG
Specifies to write additional operating environment information in the SAS log when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
HOSTINFOLONG | NOHOSTINFOLONG
Specifies to write additional operating-environment information in the SAS log when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
HOSTINFOLONG | NOHOSTINFOLONG
Specifies to print additional operating environment information in the SAS log when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-HOSTPRINT | -NOHOSTPRINT
HOSTPRINT | NOHOSTPRINT
Specifies that the Windows Print Manager is to be used for printing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
HSLXTNTS=value
Specifies the size of each physical hiperspace that is created for a SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSMAXPGS=value
Specifies the maximum number of hiperspace pages allowed in a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSMAXSPC=value
Specifies the maximum number of hiperspaces allowed in a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HSWORK | NOHSWORK
Tells SAS to place the Work library in a hiperspace.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
HTTPSERVERPORTMAX=max-port-number
Specifies the highest port number that can be used by the SAS HTTP server for remote browsing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
HTTPSERVERPORTMIN=min-port-number
Specifies the lowest port number that can be used by the SAS HTTP server for remote browsing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
IBUFNO=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies an optional number of extra buffers to be allocated for navigating an index file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
IBUFSIZE=n | nK | hexX | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB syntax notation.
Specifies the buffer size for an index file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-ICON | -NOICON
ICON | NOICON
Minimizes the SAS window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
IMLPACKAGEPRIVATE=directory-path
Specifies the directory for the private collection of SAS/IML packages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
IMLPACKAGEPUBLIC=directory-path
Specifies the directory for the public collection of SAS/IML packages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
IMLPACKAGESYSTEM=directory-path
Specifies the directory for packages that are installed as part of SAS/IML.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
INITCMD "command-1 <windowing-command-n> "
Specifies an application invocation command and optional SAS windowing environment or text editor commands that SAS executes after processing the AUTOEXEC= file and the INITSTMT option during SAS invocation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
INITSTMT 'statement'
Specifies a SAS statement to be executed after any statements in the autoexec file and before any statements from the SYSIN= file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
INITSTMT='statement'
Specifies a SAS statement to execute after any statements in the AUTOEXEC= file and before any statements from the SYSIN= file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-INSERT system-option new-option-value
Used when SAS starts; inserts the specified value at the beginning of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-INSERT system-option argument
Used when SAS starts, inserts the specified value at the beginning of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
INSERT=(system-option-1=argument-1 <system-option-2=argument-2 ...>)
Inserts the specified value as the first value of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
INSERT=(system-option=inserted-value)
Inserts the specified value at the beginning of the specified system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
INTERVALDS=(interval-1=libref.dataset-name-1
<interval-2=libref.dataset-name-2 ...> )
Specifies one or more interval name-value pairs, where the value is a SAS data set that contains user-defined intervals. The intervals can be used as arguments to the INTNX and INTCK functions.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
INVALIDDATA='character'
Specifies the value that SAS assigns to a variable when invalid numeric data is encountered.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
ISPCAPS | NOISPCAPS
Specifies whether to convert to uppercase printable ISPF parameters that are used in CALL ISPEXEC and CALL ISPLINK.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPCHARF | NOISPCHARF
Specifies whether the values of SAS character variables are converted using their automatically specified informats or formats each time they are used as ISPF variables.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPCSR=variable-name
Tells SAS to set an ISPF variable to the name of a variable whose value is found to be invalid.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPEXECV=variable-name
Specifies the name of an ISPF variable that passes its value to an ISPF service.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPMISS=value
Specifies the value assigned to SAS character variables defined to ISPF when the associated ISPF variable has a length of zero.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPMSG=variable-name
Tells SAS to set an ISPF variable to a message ID when a variable is found to be invalid.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPNOTES | NOISPNOTES
Specifies whether ISPF error messages are to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPNZTRC | NOISPNZTRC
Specifies whether nonzero ISPF service return codes are to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPPT | NOISPPT
Specifies whether ISPF parameter value pointers and lengths are to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPTRACE | NOISPTRACE
Specifies whether the parameter lists and service return codes are to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVDEFA | NOISPVDEFA
Specifies whether all current SAS variables are to be identified to ISPF via the SAS VDEFINE user exit.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVDLT | NOISPVDLT
Specifies whether VDELETE is executed before each SAS variable is identified to ISPF via VDEFINE.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVDTRC | NOISPVDTRC
Specifies whether to trace every VDEFINE for SAS variables.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVIMSG=message-ID
Specifies the ISPF message ID that is to be set by the SAS VDEFINE user exit when the informat for a variable returns a nonzero return code.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVRMSG=message-ID
Specifies the ISPF message ID that is to be set by the SAS VDEFINE user exit when a variable has a null value.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVTMSG=message-ID
Specifies the ISPF message ID that is to be displayed by the SAS VDEFINE user exit when the ISPVTRAP option is in effect.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVTNAM=variable-name
Restricts the information that is displayed by the ISPVTRAP option to the specified variable only.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVTPNL=panel
Specifies the name of the ISPF panel that is to be displayed by the SAS VDEFINE user exit when the ISPVTRAP option is in effect.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVTRAP | NOISPVTRAP
Specifies whether the SAS VDEFINE user exit writes information to the SAS log (for debugging purposes) each time it is entered.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ISPVTVARS=prefix
Specifies the prefix for the ISPF variables to be set by the SAS VDEFINE user exit when the ISPVTRAP option is in effect.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
JPEGQUALITY=n | MIN | MAX
Specifies the JPEG quality factor that determines the ratio of image quality to the level of compression for JPEG files produced by the SAS/GRAPH JPEG device driver.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-JREOPTIONS (-JRE-option-1 <... -JRE-option-n>)
Identifies the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) options for SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-JREOPTIONS (-JRE-option-1 <-JRE-option-n> )
JREOPTIONS (-JRE-option-1 <-JRE-option-n> )
Identifies Java Runtime Environment (JRE) options for SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
JREOPTIONS=(-JRE-option-1 <-JRE-option-2 ...> )
Identifies the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) options for SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
LABEL | NOLABEL
Specifies whether SAS procedures can use labels with variables.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
LABELCHKPT | NOLABELCHKPT
Specifies whether checkpoint-restart data for labeled code sections is to be recorded for batch programs.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
LABELCHKPTLIB=libref
Specifies the libref of the library where the checkpoint-restart data is saved for labeled code sections.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
LABELRESTART | NOLABELRESTART
Specifies whether to execute a batch program by using checkpoint-restart data for data collected at labeled code sections.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
_LAST_=SAS-data-set
Specifies the most recently created data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
LEFTMARGIN=margin-size<margin-unit>
Specifies the print margin for the left side of the page.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
LIMITPROCNOTES=MIN | MAX | note-count
Limits the number of notes that can be written to the SAS log by a SAS procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-LINESIZE n | hexX | MIN | MAX
LINESIZE=n | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the line size of the SAS Log and Output windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-LINESIZE n | MIN | MAX
LINESIZE= n | MIN | MAX
Specifies the line size of SAS Log and Output windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
LINESIZE=n | MIN | MAX | hexX
Specifies the line size for the SAS log and for SAS procedure output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
LINESIZE=n | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the line size for the SAS Log and SAS procedure output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-LOADMEMSIZEn | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies a suggested amount of memory needed for executable programs loaded by SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-LOCALE locale-name (UNIX and Windows)
LOCALE=locale-name (UNIX, Windows, and z/OS)
Specifies a set of attributes in a SAS session that reflect the language, local conventions, and culture for a geographical region.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
LOCALEDATA=SASLOCALE | REGISTRY
Specifies the source database for the locale information.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
LOCKDOWN
Enables the ability to limit access to files and to specific SAS features for a SAS session executing in a batch or server processing mode.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
-LOG file-specification | -NOLOG
Specifies a destination for the SAS log when running in noninteractive or batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-LOG "destination" | -NOLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log when SAS is running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
LOG=<file-specification>
NOLOG
Specifies a destination for a copy of the SAS log when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
LOGAPPLNAME=name
Specifies a SAS session name for SAS logging.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference
Production Syntax
LOGCONFIGLOC=file-specification
Basic Logging Configuration Syntax
LOGCONFIGLOC=basic:level, FileAppender, path-and-filename-pattern
LOGCONFIGLOC=basic:level, ConsoleAppender
LOGCONFIGLOC=basic:level
Specifies the name of the XML configuration file or a basic logging configuration that is used to initialize the SAS logging facility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Logging: Configuration and Programming Reference
LOGLANGCHG | NOLOGLANGCHG
Specifies whether the language of the SAS log can be changed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
LOGLANGENG | NOLOGLANGENG
Specifies using the English language for SAS log message text when the LOCALE option is set after start-up.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
LOGPARM="<OPEN= APPEND | REPLACE | REPLACEOLD>
< ROLLOVER= AUTO | NONE | SESSION | n | nK | nM | nG>
< WRITE= BUFFERED | IMMEDIATE> "
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB notations.
Specifies when SAS log files are opened, closed, and, in conjunction with the LOG= system option, how they are named.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
LOGPARM=
“<OPEN=APPEND | REPLACE | REPLACEOLD>
<ROLLOVER=AUTO | NONE | SESSION | n | nK | nM | nG>
<WRITE=BUFFERED | IMMEDIATE> ”
Controls when SAS log files are opened, closed, and, in conjunction with the LOG= system option, how they are named.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-LPTYPE BSD | SYSV
LPTYPE=BSD | SYSV
Specifies which UNIX command and option settings are used to route files to the printer.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
LRECL=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB syntax notation.
Specifies the default logical record length to use for reading and writing external files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
LRECL=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the default logical record length to use for reading and writing external files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
LSWLANG=LOCALE | language
Specifies the language for the language switching feature when the LOGLANGCHG or ODSLANGCHG system option is set at SAS invocation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
MAPEBCDIC2ASCII= TRANTAB catalog-entry
Specifies a translation table that SAS uses to transcode from EBCDIC to ASCII and from ASCII to EBCDIC.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
-MAPS location-of-maps
MAPS=location-of-maps
Specifies the name of the SAS library containing the SAS/GRAPH map data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-MAPS location-of-maps
MAPS=location-of-maps
Specifies the name of the SAS library that holds the SAS/GRAPH map data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MAPS=location-of-maps
Specifies the location of the SAS library that contains SAS/GRAPH map data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS/GRAPH and Base SAS: Mapping Reference
MAPSGFK=location-of-maps
Specifies the location of the SAS library that contains SAS/GRAPH digital vector map data sets. The libref MAPSGFK is assigned using the option value specified by the MAPSGFK= system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS/GRAPH and Base SAS: Mapping Reference
MAPSSAS=location-of-maps
Specifies the location of the SAS library that contains SAS/GRAPH map data sets. The libref MAPSSAS is assigned using the option value specified by the MAPSSAS system option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS/GRAPH and Base SAS: Mapping Reference
-MAXMEMQUERY n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
MAXMEMQUERY=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the maximum amount of memory that can be allocated per request for certain procedures.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-MAXMEMQUERYn | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
MAXMEMQUERY=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the limit on the maximum amount of memory that is allocated for procedures.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-MAXSEGRATIO n
MAXSEGRATIO=n
Controls what percentage of index segments to identify as candidate segments before processing the WHERE expression. This occurs when evaluating a WHERE expression that contains indexed variables.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
-MEMBLKSZ n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX
Specifies the memory block size for memory-based libraries for Windows operating environments.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-MEMCACHE 0 | 1 | 4
MEMCACHE= 0 | 1 | 4
Specifies to use the memory-based libraries as a SAS file cache.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MEMLEAVE=n | nK | nM | MIN | hexX
Specifies the amount of memory in the user's region that is reserved exclusively for the use of the operating environment.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-MEMLIB | -NOMEMLIB
Specifies to process the Work library as a memory-based library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-MEMMAXSZ n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX
Specifies the maximum amount of memory to allocate for using memory-based libraries in Windows operating environments.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MEMRPT | NOMEMRPT
Specifies whether memory usage statistics are to be written to the SAS log for each step.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-MEMSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MAX
Specifies the limit on the total amount of virtual memory that can be used by a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-MEMSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the limit on the amount of virtual memory that can be used during a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MEMSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the limit on the total amount of memory that can be used by a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
MERGENOBY= NOWARN | WARN | ERROR
Specifies the type of message that is issued when MERGE processing occurs without an associated BY statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
METAAUTORESOURCES server-object
Identifies the metadata resources that are assigned when a SAS server is started.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METACONNECT= "blank-value" | named-connection | NONE
Identifies one named profile from the metadata connection profiles for connecting to the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAENCRYPTALG algorithm | NONE
Specifies the type of encryption to use when communicating with the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAENCRYPTLEVEL EVERYTHING | CREDENTIALS
Specifies the level of encryption when communicating with the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPASS= "password"
Specifies the password for the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPORT=number
Specifies the TCP port for the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPROFILE "XML-document"
Identifies the XML document that contains connection profiles for the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAPROFILE="XML-document"
Identifies the file that contains the SAS Metadata Server user profiles.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
METAPROTOCOL=BRIDGE
Specifies the network protocol for connecting to the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAREPOSITORY= "name"
Specifies the SAS Metadata Repository to use with the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METASERVER= "address"
Specifies the host name or address of the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METASPN=SPN-name
Specifies the service principal name (SPN) for the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
METAUSER= "userid"
Specifies the user ID for connecting to the SAS Metadata Server.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Language Interfaces to Metadata
-MINPARTSIZE n | nK | nM | nG
Specifies the minimum partition size to use when creating SPD Engine data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
MINSTG | NOMINSTG
Tells SAS whether to minimize its use of storage.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
MISSING=<'>character<'>
Specifies the character to print for missing numeric values.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-MSG pathname
-MSG ('pathname1' 'pathname2' ...)
Specifies the library that contains the SAS error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-MSG library-specification
Specifies the library that contains the SAS error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MSG=file-specification-1 | (file-specification-1 file-specification-2 ...)
Specifies the library that contains the SAS messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-MSGCASE | -NOMSGCASE
Specifies whether notes, warnings, and error messages that are generated by SAS are displayed in uppercase characters.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-MSGCASE | -NOMSGCASE
Specifies whether notes, warnings, and error messages that are generated by SAS are displayed in uppercase characters.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MSGCASE | NOMSGCASE
Specifies whether notes, warnings, and error messages that are generated by SAS are displayed in uppercase characters.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
MSGLEVEL=N | I
Specifies the level of detail in messages that are written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
MSGSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | MIN | MAX | hexX
Specifies the size of the message cache.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-MSYMTABMAX n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
MSYMTABMAX=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the maximum amount of memory available to the macro variable symbol tables.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-MSYMTABMAX n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
MSYMTABMAX=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the maximum amount of memory available to the macro variable symbol table(s).
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MSYMTABMAX=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the maximum amount of memory available to the macro variable symbol tables.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
MULTENVAPPL | NOMULTENVAPPL
Specifies whether the fonts that are available in a SAS application font selector window lists only the SAS fonts that are available in all operating environments.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-MVARSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
MVARSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the maximum size for in-memory macro variables.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-MVARSIZE n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
MVARSIZE= n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the maximum size for in-memory macro variables.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
MVARSIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB syntax notation.
Specifies the maximum size for macro variables that are stored in memory.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
NETENCRYPT | NONETENCRYPT
Specifies whether client/server data transfers are encrypted.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM=algorithm | (“algorithm-1”... “algorithm-n”)
Specifies the protocol or the algorithm(s) to be used for encrypted client/server data transfers.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN= 0 | 40 | 128
Specifies the symmetric key size that is used by the encryption algorithm for encrypted client/server data transfers.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
-NEWS file-specification | -NONEWS
Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-NEWS file-specification
Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
NEWS=external-file
Specifies an external file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log, immediately after the header.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
NLDECSEPARATOR | NONLDECSEPARATOR
Specifies whether SAS produces locale sensitive numeric output for the decimal separator or continues to format numbers with US English preferences.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
NOSTSUFFIX
Simplifies diagnostic messages by suppressing some nonessential output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Base SAS Guide to Information Maps
NOTES | NONOTES
Specifies whether notes are written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
NUMBER | NONUMBER
Specifies whether to print the page number in the title line of each page of SAS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-NUMKEYS number-of-keys
Controls the number of available function keys.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-NUMMOUSEKEYS number-of-buttons
Specifies the number of mouse buttons SAS is displayed in the KEYS window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-OBJECTSERVER
Specifies whether SAS is to run as an Integrated Object Model (IOM) server.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
-OBJECTSERVERPARMS "parameter-1, ... , parameter-n"
Specifies start-up parameters for SAS Integrated Object Model (IOM) servers.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
-OBS n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
OBS=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies when to stop processing observations or records.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
OBS= n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the last record to process.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
OBS=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the observation that is used to determine the last observation to process, or specifies the last record to process.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-OBS n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
OBS=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the last observation that SAS processes in a data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
ODSDEST= HTML | LISTING | AUTO
Changes the default ODS destination. Starting in SAS 9.3, HTML is the default output destination for the SAS Windowing environment in the Microsoft Windows and UNIX operating systems. For all other platforms, LISTING is the default destination.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Output Delivery System: User’s Guide
ODSGRAPHICS= ON | OFF | AUTO
Controls processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Output Delivery System: User’s Guide
ODSLANGCHG | NOODSLANGCHG
Determines whether the language of the text of the ODS output can be changed
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
ODSSTYLE= style-name | AUTO
Specifies the default style to use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Output Delivery System: User’s Guide
-OPLIST | -NOOPLIST
Specifies whether the settings of the SAS system options are written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-OPLIST | -NOOPLIST
Specifies whether the settings of the SAS system options are written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
OPLIST | NOOPLIST
Specifies whether the settings of the SAS system options are written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
ORIENTATION=PORTRAIT | LANDSCAPE | REVERSEPORTRAIT | REVERSELANDSCAPE
Specifies the paper orientation to use when printing to a printer.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
OVP | NOOVP
Specifies whether overprinting of error messages to make them bold, is enabled.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PAGEBREAKINITIAL | NOPAGEBREAKINITIAL
Specifies whether to begin the SAS log and procedure output files for the LISTING destination on a new page.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PAGEBREAKINITIAL | NOPAGEBREAKINITIAL
Inserts an initial page break in SAS log and procedure output files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-PAGENO n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
PAGENO=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Resets the page number.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PAGENO=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB syntax notation.
Resets the SAS output page number.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-PAGESIZE n | MIN | MAX
PAGESIZE=n | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of lines that compose a page of SAS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PAGESIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB syntax notation.
Specifies the number of lines that compose a page of the SAS log and SAS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-PAGESIZE n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
PAGESIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of lines that compose a page of SAS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
PAGESIZE=n | nK | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of lines that compose a page of SAS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PAPERDEST=printer-bin-name
Specifies the name of the output bin to receive printed output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PAPERSIZE=LOCALE | paper_size_name
| (width_value <,> height_value)
| ('width_value'<,> 'height_value')
| ("width_value"<,>"height_value")
Specifies the paper size to use for printing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PAPERSOURCE=printer-bin-name
Specifies the name of the paper bin to use for printing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-PAPERTYPE PLAIN | STANDARD | GLOSSY | TRANSPARENCY | printer-defined-value
PAPERTYPE=PLAIN | STANDARD | GLOSSY | TRANSPARENCY | printer-defined-value
Specifies to a printer the type of paper to use for printing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PAPERTYPE=paper-type-string
Specifies the type of paper to use for printing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PARM=<'>string<'>
Specifies a parameter string that is passed to an external program.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PARMCARDS=file-ref
Specifies the file reference to open when SAS encounters the PARMCARDS statement in a procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PARMCARDS=fileref
Specifies the file reference to use as the PARMCARDS file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-PATH directory-specification
Specifies one or more search paths for SAS executable files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-PATH <(>"directory-specification-1" <"directory-specification-n")>
Specifies one or more search paths for SAS executable files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PDFACCESS | NOPDFACCESS
Specifies whether PDF documents can be edited.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFASSEMBLY | NOPDFASSEMBLY
Specifies whether PDF documents can be assembled.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFCOMMENT | NOPDFCOMMENT
Specifies whether PDF document comments can be modified.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFCONTENT | NOPDFCONTENT
Specifies whether the contents of a PDF document can be changed.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFCOPY | NOPDFCOPY
Specifies whether text and graphics from a PDF document can be copied.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFFILLIN | NOPDFFILLIN
Specifies whether PDF forms can be filled in.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFPAGELAYOUT= DEFAULT | SINGLEPAGE | CONTINUOUS
| FACING | CONTINUOUSFACING
Specifies the page layout for PDF documents.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFPAGEVIEW= DEFAULT | ACTUAL | FITPAGE | FITWIDTH | FULLSCREEN
Specifies the page viewing mode for PDF documents.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFPASSWORD=(OPEN=password | OPEN="password"
< OWNER=password | OWNER="password">)
PDFPASSWORD=(OWNER=password | OWNER="password"
<OPEN=password | OPEN="password">)
PDFPASSWORD=(OPEN=password | OPEN="password")
PDFPASSWORD=(OWNER=password | OWNER="password")
Specifies the password to use to open a PDF document and the password used by a PDF document owner to set document permissions and restrictions.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFPRINT=HRES | LRES | NONE
Specifies the resolution to print PDF documents.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PDFSECURITY=HIGH | NONE
Specifies the level of encryption for PDF documents.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-PFKEY PRIMARY | ALTERNATE | SAA | WIN
Specifies which set of function keys to designate as the primary set of function keys.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PFKEY=pfkey-set
Specifies which set of function keys to designate as the primary set of function keys.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PGMPARM='string'
Specifies the parameter that is passed to the external program specified by the SYSINP= option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PRESENV | NOPRESENV
Specifies whether to enable the collecting of data to preserve the SAS environment when the SAS session ends.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PRIMARYPROVIDERDOMAIN=domain-name
Specifies the domain name of the primary authentication provider.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
Specifies the domain name of the primary authentication provider.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-PRINT file-specification | -NOPRINT
Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in noninteractive or batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-PRINT destination | -NOPRINT
Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PRINT=<file-specification>
NOPRINT
Specifies a destination for SAS output when running in batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-PRINTCMD "print-command"
PRINTCMD="print-command"
Specifies the print command that SAS uses.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
PRINTERPATH=('printer-name' <fileref> )
Specifies the name of a registered printer to use for Universal Printing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PRINTINIT | NOPRINTINIT
Specifies whether to initialize the SAS procedure output file for the LISTING destination.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PRINTINIT | NOPRINTINIT
Initializes the procedure output file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PRINTMSGLIST | NOPRINTMSGLIST
Specifies whether to print all messages to the SAS log or to print only top-level messages to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
PRNGETLIST | NOPRNGETLIST
Specifies whether printers that are attached to the system are recognized.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
PROCLEAVE=n | nK | nM | (n | nK | nM, | n | nK) | nM)
Specifies an amount of memory that is to be held in reserve, and that is to be made available only when memory allocation would otherwise fail.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
PROTOLIBS=NONE |
OS_PATHS |
SAS_PATHS |
(OS_PATHS, SAS_PATHS) |
(“user-path-1”,“user-path-n”) |
(OS_PATHS, SAS_PATHS, “user-path-1”,“user-path-n”) |
(‘user-path-1’ SAS_PATHS ‘user-path-n’) |
(OS_PATHS ‘user-path-1’ ‘user-path-n’)
Specifies the paths that PROC PROTO can use to find and register load modules.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
-PRTABORTDLGS BOTH | NEITHER | FILE | PRINTER
PRTABORTDLGS= BOTH | NEITHER | FILE | PRINTER
Specifies when to display the Print Abort dialog box.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-PRTPERSISTDEFAULT | -NOPRTPERSISTDEFAULT
Specifies to use the same destination printer from SAS session to SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-PRTSETFORMS | -NOPRTSETFORMS
PRTSETFORMS | NOPRTSETFORMS
Specifies whether to include the Use Forms check box in the Print Setup dialog box.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
QUOTELENMAX | NOQUOTELENMAX
If a quoted string exceeds the maximum length allowed, specifies whether SAS writes a note to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-REALMEMSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the amount of real (physical) memory SAS can expect to allocate.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-REALMEMSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the amount of real memory SAS can expect to allocate.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
REALMEMSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the amount of real memory SAS can expect to allocate.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-REGISTER 'menu-name' 'command' <'working-directory'>
Adds an application to the Tools menu in the main SAS window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
REPLACE | NOREPLACE
Specifies whether permanently stored SAS data sets can be replaced.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-RESOURCESLOC <(>'directory-specification-1' <'directory-specification-n')> | "."
Specifies a directory location of the files that contain SAS resources.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
RESTRICTFROM
NORESTRICTFROM
Prevents users from using the FROM= parameter in the FILENAME EMAIL statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
REUSE=YES | NO
Specifies whether SAS reuses space when observations are added to a compressed SAS data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
REXXLOC=ddname
Specifies the ddname of the REXX library to be searched when the REXXMAC option is in effect.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
REXXMAC | NOREXXMAC
Enables or disables the REXX interface.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
RIGHTMARGIN=margin-size<margin-unit>
Specifies the print margin for the right side of the page.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
RLANG | NORLANG
Specifies whether SAS executes R language statements within SAS/IML.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
RSASIOTRANSERROR | NORSASIOTRANSERROR
Displays a transcoding error when invalid data is read from a remote application.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
RSASUSER | NORSASUSER
Specifies whether to open the Sasuser library for Read access or Read-Write access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-RSASUSER | -NORSASUSER
Controls whether members of the Sasuser library can be opened for update or for Read-Only access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-RSASUSER | -NORSASUSER
Controls whether members of the Sasuser data library can be opened for update or for Read-Only access.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-RTRACE ALL | NONE | VER
Produces a list of resources that are read or loaded during a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-RTRACE ALL | NONE
Produces a list of resources that are read or loaded during a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-RTRACELOC pathname
RTRACELOC=pathname
Specifies the pathname of the file to which the list of resources that are read or loaded during a SAS session is written.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-RTRACELOC filename | pathname\filename
Specifies the pathname of the file to which the list of resources that are read or loaded during a SAS session is written.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
S2=S | n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the length of statements on each line of a source statement from a %INCLUDE statement, an AUTOEXEC= file, or an autocall macro file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
S2V=S2 | S | n | nK | nM | nG | nT | MIN | MAX | hexX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the starting position to begin reading a file that is specified in a %INCLUDE statement, an autoexec file, or an autocall macro file with a variable length record format.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
S99NOMIG | NOS99NOMIG
Tells SAS whether to recall a migrated data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
S=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the length of statements on each line of a source statement and the length of data on lines that follow a DATALINES statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-SASAUTOS 'directory-specification' | fileref
-SASAUTOS ('directory-specification-1' | fileref-1, ... | 'directory-specification-n' | fileref-n)
-NOSASAUTOS
SASAUTOS='directory-specification' | fileref
SASAUTOS=('directory-specification-1' | fileref-1 ..., | 'directory-specification-n' | fileref-n)
NOSASAUTOS
Specifies the autocall library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SASAUTOS <(>"library-specification-1"…<"library-specification-n")>
SASAUTOS=<(>"library-specification-1"…<"library-specification-n")>
Specifies the autocall macro library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASAUTOS=file-specification | (file-specification-1, file-specification-2 ...)
Specifies the location of the autocall library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
UNIX, Windows:
SASCMD=<"SAS-command <SAS-system-options>" | "!SASCMD SAS-system options">
z/OS:
SASCMD=<":SAS-system-options" | "!SASCMD SAS-system-options">
Specifies the command that starts a server session on a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) computer.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
-SASCONTROL SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU<MINMAX | NOMINMAX>
-SASCONTROL <SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU> MINMAX | NOMINMAX
SASCONTROL=SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU<MINMAX | NOMINMAX>
SASCONTROL=<SYSTEMMENU | NOSYSTEMMENU> MINMAX | NOMINMAX
Specifies whether the SAS application windows include system and control menus and minimize and maximize buttons.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASFRSCR
Is a Read-Only option that contains the fileref that is generated by the SASSCRIPT= option.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
–SASHELP directory-specification
–SASHELP ('directory-specification1', 'directory-specification2' ...)
Specifies the locations of Sashelp libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SASHELP ("library-specification-1"…<"library-specification-n")>
Specifies the directory or directories to be searched for SAS default forms, device lists, dictionaries, and other entries in the Sashelp catalog.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASHELP=library-specification
Specifies the location of the Sashelp library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SASHELP=library-specification | (library-specification-1 library-specification-2 ...)
Specifies the location of the Sashelp SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SASINITIALFOLDER newfolder
Changes the working folder and the default folders for the Open and Save As dialog boxes to the specified folder after SAS initialization is complete.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASLIB=ddname
Specifies the ddname for an alternate load library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SASSCRIPT 'directory-name' | ('directory-name-1', ... 'directory-name-n')
SASSCRIPT='directory-name' | ('directory-name-1', ... 'directory-name-n')
Specifies one or more storage locations of SAS/CONNECT script files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
SASSCRIPT='dir-name' | ('dir-name-1','dir-name-2, ...')
Specifies one or more storage locations of SAS/CONNECT script files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SASSCRIPT= "dir-name" | <"dir-name-1","dir-name-2..."> | "fileref" | <"fileref-1","fileref-2...">
Specifies one or more locations for SAS/CONNECT server sign-on script files.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
SASTRACE=',,,d' | ',,d,' | 'd,' | 'd,,,' | ',,,db' | ',,,s' | ',,,sa' | ',,t,' | OFF
Generates trace information from a DBMS engine.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
SASTRACE=',,,d' | ' ,,d,' | ' d,' | ',,,s' | OFF
Generates trace information from an Excel, Access, or PC Files engine.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to SYSTEM 2000
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files: Reference
SASTRACE=',,,d'| | ' ,,d,' | ' d,' | ',,,s' | ',,,sa'
Generates trace information about a data source.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
SASTRACE=',,,<s | sa>'
Traces diagnostic messages issued by the Information Maps engine.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Base SAS Guide to Information Maps
SASTRACELOC=stdout | SASLOG | FILE 'path-and-file-name'
Specifies the location where SASTRACE= information should be printed.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
SASTRACELOC=stdout | SASLOG | FILE 'path-and-file-name';
Writes SASTRACE= option information to a specified location.
Product: SAS/ACCESS Interface to SYSTEM 2000
Document: SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files: Reference
SASTRACELOC= stdout | SASLOG | FILE 'path-and-filename'
Writes trace information to a specified location.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
SASTRACELOC=stdout | SASLOG | FILE 'path-name'
Specifies the destination for diagnostic messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Base SAS Guide to Information Maps
–SASUSER pathname
Specifies the name of the Sasuser library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SASUSER ("library-specification-1"…<"library-specification-n"> )
Specifies the name of the Sasuser library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SASUSER=library-specification
Specifies the SAS library to use as the Sasuser library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SASUSER=library-specification
Specifies the location of an external SAS library that contains the user Profile catalog.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SCROLLBARFLASH | -NOSCROLLBARFLASH
SCROLLBARFLASH | NOSCROLLBARFLASH
Specifies whether to allow the mouse or keyboard to focus on a scroll bar.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-SECPACKAGE "package-name" | "NEGOTIATE"
Identifies the security package that the IOM server uses to authenticate incoming client connections.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
-SECPACKAGELIST "package-name-1,[package-name-2,][...,]"
Specifies the security authentication packages used by the server.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
SECURELUA=TRUE | FALSE
Specifies that PROC LUA runs with increased security.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SECURELUALOC="<directory path>" | "<directory path> <directory path>..."
SECURELUALOC="<directory path>/*"
Specifies a directory, directories, or a directory tree for reliable Lua content.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SEQ=n | MIN | MAX | hexX
Specifies the length of the numeric portion of the sequence field in input source lines or data lines.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SEQENGINE=engine-name
Specifies the default engine to use when assigning sequential access SAS libraries.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SERVICESBASEURL="your-site-services-URL<:port-number>"
Specifies the root URL for calls to SAS Viya services.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SESSREF= session-name
Specifies the name of the default CAS session to use if a statement or procedure does not explicitly identify a session reference name.
Product: SAS Cloud Analytic Services
Document: SAS Cloud Analytic Services: User’s Guide
The syntax is dependent on your operating environment.
See the SET system option for your operating environment.
Defines a SAS environment variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
–SET variable-name value
SET=variable-name='value'
Defines an environment variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SET SAS-variable "value" | ("value-1"…<"value-n"> )
SET=SAS-variable "value" | (" value-1"…<"value-n"> )
Defines a SAS environment variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SET=variable-name=value
SET='variable-name=value'
SET=variable-name='value'
Defines an environment variable.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SETINIT | NOSETINIT
Specifies whether site license information can be altered.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-SGIO | -NOSGIO
Activates the Scatter/Gather I/O feature.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SHARESESSIONCNTL=SERVER | ENV
In a SAS Intelligence Platform environment, specifies the number of connections between SAS clients and a SAS/SHARE server via a SAS server. There can be a single connection for all SAS clients or a separate connection for each SAS client.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User’s Guide
SIGNONWAIT | NOSIGNONWAIT
Specifies whether a SAS/CONNECT sign-on should be executed asynchronously or synchronously.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
SKIP=n | MIN | MAX | hexX
Specifies the number of lines to skip at the top of each page of SAS output for the LISTING destination.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-SLEEPWINDOW | -NOSLEEPWINDOW
Enables or disables the SLEEP window.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SOLUTIONS | NOSOLUTIONS
Specifies whether the Solutions menu is included in SAS windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SORT31PL | NOSORT31PL
Controls what type of parameter list is used to invoke the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORT=n | nK
Specifies the minimum size of all allocated sort work data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTALTMSGF | NOSORTALTMSGF
Enables sorting with alternate message flags.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTANOM=options
–SORTANOM options
Specifies options for the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
SORTBLKMODE | NOSORTBLKMODE
Enables block mode sorting.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTBLKREC=n
Enables control of SORTBLKMODE buffers.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTBUFMOD | NOSORTBUFMOD
Enables modification of the sort utility output buffer.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SORTCUT n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
SORTCUT=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the data size in number of observations above which SAS uses the host sort instead of the internal SAS sort.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SORTCUT n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
SORTCUT= n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the data size in number of observations above which SAS uses the host sort instead of the internal SAS sort.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SORTCUT=n | nK | nM | nG | MIN | MAX | hexX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the size of the data in observations above which the host sort is likely to perform more efficiently than the internal sort.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SORTCUTP n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
SORTCUTP=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the data size in bytes above which SAS uses the host sort instead of the internal SAS sort.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SORTCUTP n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
SORTCUTP= n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the data size in bytes above which SAS uses the host sort instead of the internal SAS sort.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SORTCUTP=n | nK | nM | nG | MIN | MAX | hexX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB syntax notation.
Specifies the size of the data in bytes above which the host sort is likely to perform more efficiently than the internal sort. SORTCUTP is used only when SORTCUT=0.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTDEV='directory-specification'
-SORTDEV directory-specification
Specifies the pathname used for temporary files created by the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SORTDEV "pathname"
SORTDEV ="pathname"
Specifies the pathname to temporary files that are created by the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SORTDEV=unit-device-name
Specifies the unit device name if SAS dynamically allocates the sort work file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTDEVWARN | NOSORTDEVWARN
Enables device type warnings.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTEQOP | NOSORTEQOP
Specifies whether the host sort utility supports the EQUALS option.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTEQUALS | NOSORTEQUALS
Specifies whether observations in the output data set with identical BY variable values are in a particular order.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SORTLIB=physical-filename
Specifies the name of the sort library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTLIST | NOSORTLIST
Enables passing of the LIST parameter to the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTMSG | NOSORTMSG
Controls the class of messages to be written by the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTMSG=ddname
Specifies the ddname to be dynamically allocated for the message print file of the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTNAME='host-sort-utility-name'
-SORTNAME host-sort-utility-name
Specifies the name of the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
SORTNAME="host-sort-utility-name"
-SORTNAME host-sort-utility-name
Specifies the name of the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SORTNAME=host-sort-utility-name
Specifies the name of the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTOPTS | NOSORTOPTS
Specifies whether the host sort utility supports the OPTIONS statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTPARM='parameter(s)'
–SORTPARM 'parameter(s)'
Specifies parameters for the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
SORTPARM="SyncSort-parameters"
-SORTPARM "SyncSort-parameters"
Specifies the parameters for the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SORTPARM='string'
Specifies parameters for the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SORTPGM SAS | HOST | BEST
SORTPGM=SAS | HOST | BEST
Specifies whether to use the internal SAS sort utility or the host sort utility or to let SAS choose which sort utility to use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SORTPGM SAS | BEST
SORTPGM=SAS | BEST
Specifies whether to use the SAS sort utility or to let SAS choose the sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SORTPGM=utility | BEST | HOST | SAS
Specifies which sort utility SAS uses, the SAS sort utility or the host sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTSEQ=<sort-table> | <LINGUISTIC>
Specifies a language-specific collating sequence for the SORT and SQL procedures to use in the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
SORTSHRB | NOSORTSHRB
Specifies whether the host sort interface can modify data in buffers.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
–SORTSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
SORTSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the amount of memory available to the SORT procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SORTSIZE n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
SORTSIZE= n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Specifies the amount of memory that is available to the SORT procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SORTSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the amount of memory that is available to the SORT procedure.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SORTSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | MAX | SIZE
Specifies the SIZE parameter that SAS is to pass to the sort utility.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTSUMF | NOSORTSUMF
Specifies whether the host sort utility supports the SUM FIELDS=NONE control statement.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTUADCON | NOSORTUADCON
Specifies whether the host sort utility supports passing a user address constant to the E15/E35 exits.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTUNIT=CYL<S> | TRK<S> | BLK<S> | n
Specifies the unit of allocation for sort work files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTVALIDATE | NOSORTVALIDATE
Specifies whether the SORT procedure verifies if a data set is sorted according to the variables in the BY statement when a user-specified sort order is denoted in the sort indicator.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SORTWKDD=prefix
Specifies the prefix of sort work data sets.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SORTWKNO=n
Specifies how many sort work data sets to allocate.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SOURCE | NOSOURCE
Specifies whether SAS writes source statements to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SOURCE2 | NOSOURCE2
Specifies whether SAS writes secondary source statements from included files to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-SPDEINDEXSORTSIZE n | nK | nM | nG
SPDEINDEXSORTSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG
Specifies the memory space size that the sorting utility can use when sorting values for creating an index.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
-SPDEMAXTHREADS n
Specifies the maximum number of threads that the SPD Engine can spawn for I/O processing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
-SPDEPARALLELREAD NO | YES
SPDEPARALLELREAD=NO | YES
Determines when the SPD Engine uses parallel processing to read data stored in HDFS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SPD Engine: Storing Data in the Hadoop Distributed File System
-SPDESORTSIZE n | nK | nM | nG
SPDESORTSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG
Specifies the memory space size that is needed for sorting operations used by the SPD Engine.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
-SPDEUTILLOC directory | ("directory-1" "directory-2"...)
Specifies one or more file system locations in which the SPD Engine can temporarily store utility files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
-SPDEWHEVAL COST | EVAL1 | EVAL3EVAL4
SPDEWHEVAL=COST | EVAL1 | EVAL3EVAL4
Specifies the process to determine which observations meet the condition or conditions of a WHERE expression.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Scalable Performance Data Engine: Reference
-SPLASH | -NOSPLASH
-SPLASH ON | -SPLASH OFF
Specifies whether to display the splash screen (logo screen) when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-SPLASHLOC DLL-name <res-number> | BMP-filename
Specifies the location of the splash screen bitmap that appears when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SPOOL | NOSPOOL
Specifies whether SAS statements are written to a utility data set in the Work library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SQL_PUSHTCINTOVIEW_FROM_OUTSIDE = YES | Y | NO | N ;
Specifies that a truncated comparison operator (=:) in a WHERE clause returns all of the values in a view that begin with the specified value.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLCONSTDATETIME | NOSQLCONSTDATETIME
Specifies whether the SQL procedure replaces references to the DATE, TIME, DATETIME, and TODAY functions in a query with their equivalent constant values before the query executes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLGENERATION=<(>NONE | DBMS
<DBMS='engine1 engine2 ...engineN'>
<EXCLUDEDB=engine | 'engine1 ... engineN'>
<EXCLUDEPROC="engine='proc1 ... procN'...engineN='proc1 ... procN' "> <)>
SQLGENERATION=' '
Specifies whether and when SAS procedures generate SQL for in-database processing of source data.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
SQLGENERATION=<(>NONE | DBMS
<DBMS='engine1 engine2 ...engineN'>
<EXCLUDEDB=engine | 'engine1 ... engineN'>
<EXCLUDEPROC="engine='proc1 ... procN'...engineN='proc1 ... procN' "> <)>
SQLGENERATION=' '
Specifies whether and when SAS procedures generate SQL for in-database processing of source data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLIPONEATTEMPT | NOSQLIPONEATTEMPT
Specifies whether PROC SQL allows an SQL query to continue processing when an implicit pass-through request fails.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLMAPPUTTO=NONE | SAS_PUT | (database.SAS_PUT)
Specifies whether the PUT function is mapped to the SAS_PUT function for a database. Use this system option to specify an alternative database in which the SAS_PUT function is published.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
SQLMAPPUTTO=NONE | SAS_PUT | (database.SAS_PUT)
Specifies whether the PUT function is mapped to the SAS_PUT function for a database. Use this system option to specify an alternative database in which the SAS_PUT function is published.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLREDUCEPUT= ALL | NONE | DBMS | BASE
For the SQL procedure, specifies the engine type to use to optimize a PUT function in a query. The PUT function is replaced with a logically equivalent expression.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLREDUCEPUTOBS= n
For the SQL procedure, when the SQLREDUCEPUT= system option is set to DBMS, BASE, or ALL, specifies the minimum number of observations that must be in a table for PROC SQL to optimize the PUT function in a query.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLREDUCEPUTVALUES= n
For the SQL procedure, when the SQLREDUCEPUT= system option is set to DBMS, BASE, or ALL, specifies the maximum number of SAS format values that can exist in a PUT function expression for PROC SQL to optimize the PUT function in a query.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLREMERGE | NOSQLREMERGE
Specifies whether PROC SQL can process queries that use remerged data.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SQLUNDOPOLICY=NONE | OPTIONAL | REQUIRED
Specifies how PROC SQL handles updated data if errors occur while you are updating data. You can use UNDO_POLICY= to control whether your changes become permanent.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
SQLUNDOPOLICY=NONE | OPTIONAL | REQUIRED
Specifies how PROC SQL handles updated data if errors occur while you are updating data. You can use UNDO_POLICY= to control whether your changes are permanent.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS SQL Procedure User’s Guide
SSLCACERTDIR=“file-path”
Specifies the location of the trusted certificate authorities (CA) found in OpenSSL format.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCALISTLOC=“file–path”
Specifies the location of the public certificate(s) for trusted certificate authorities (CA).
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTISS=“issuer-of-digital-certificate”
Specifies the name of the issuer of the digital certificate that TLS should use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTLOC=“file-path”
Specifies the location of the digital certificate for the machine's public key. This is used for authentication.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTSERIAL=“serial-number”
Specifies the serial number of the digital certificate that TLS should use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCERTSUBJ=“subject-name”
Specifies the subject name of the digital certificate that TLS should use.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCIPHERLIST=openssl_cipher_list
Specifies the ciphers that can be used on UNIX and z/OS for OpenSSL.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCLIENTAUTH | NOSSLCLIENTAUTH
Specifies whether a server should perform client authentication.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCRLCHECK | NOSSLCRLCHECK
Specifies whether a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) is checked when a digital certificate is validated.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLCRLLOC=“file-path”
Specifies the location of a Certificate Revocation List (CRL).
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLGSKTRACE==gsk-tracing
Enables GSK tracing.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLGSKTRACEFILE==gsk-tracing-file
specifies the location of the GSK trace file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLHWDETECTMESSAGE="1"
Produce System SSL initialization messages pertaining to the current status of hardware cryptographic support.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLICSFERRORMESSAGE="1"
Produce ICSF error messages.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLKEYRINGFILE==“keyfile-location”
Specifies the key file and location.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLKEYRINGLABEL==“key-label”
Specifies the key label.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLKEYRINGPW==“password”
Specifies the password that z/OS System SSL requires for decrypting the private key.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLKEYRINGSTASHFILE==“file-name”
Specifies the name of the database stash file containing the encrypted password.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
"SSLMINPROTOCOL= protocol"
Specifies the minimum TLS protocol that can be negotiated.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLMODE=ssl-mode
Sets the allowed cipher suites to be used for TLS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPKCS12LOC=“file-path”
Specifies the location of the PKCS#12 encoding package file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPKCS12PASS=password
Specifies the password that TLS requires for decrypting the private key.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPVTKEYLOC=“file-path”
Specifies the location of the private key that corresponds to the digital certificate.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
SSLPVTKEYPASS=“password”
Specifies the password that TLS requires for decrypting the private key.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
"SSLSNIHOSTNAME= hostname"
Enables the client to specify the Server Name Indication (SNI) in the TLS handshake that identifies the server name that it is trying to connect to.
Product: Base SAS
Document: Encryption in SAS
-SSPI | -NOSSPI
Identifies support for the Security Support Provider Interface for SSO connections to IOM servers.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
STAE | NOSTAE
Enables or disables a system abend exit.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STARTLIB | NOSTARTLIB
Specifies whether SAS assigns user-defined permanent librefs when SAS starts.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
STATS | NOSTATS
Specifies whether statistics are to be written to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STAX | NOSTAX
Specifies whether to enable attention handling.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
–STDIO | –NOSTDIO
Specifies whether SAS should use stdin, stdout, and stderr.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
STEPCHKPT | NOSTEPCHKPT
Specifies whether checkpoint-restart data for DATA and PROC steps is to be recorded for a batch program.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
STEPCHKPTLIB=libref
Specifies the libref of the library where checkpoint-restart data for DATA and PROC steps is saved.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
STEPCHKPTLIB=libref
Specifies the libref of the library where checkpoint-restart data is saved.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STEPRESTART | NOSTEPRESTART
Specifies whether to execute a batch program by using checkpoint-restart data for DATA and PROC steps.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-STIMEFMT value
STIMEFMT=value
Specifies the format that is used to display the time on FULLSTIMER and STIMER output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-STIMEFMT value(s)
STIMEFMT=value(s)
Specifies the format that is used to display the time on FULLSTIMER and STIMER output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
--STIMER | --NOSTIMER
STIMER | NOSTIMER
Specifies whether to write a subset of system performance statistics to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-STIMER | -NOSTIMER
STIMER | NOSTIMER
Writes a subset of system performance statistics to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
STIMER | NOSTIMER
Specifies whether to write a subset of system performance statistics to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
STRIPESIZE=(directory-path-1 size-1 <directory-path-2 size-2 ...>)
STRIPESIZE=(directory-path RESET)
Specifies one or more directory and size argument pairs that set the size of SAS data sets and utility files in that directory to the size of an I/O device stripe.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SUMSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies a limit on the amount of memory that is available for data summarization procedures when class variables are active.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVC11SCREEN | NOSVC11SCREEN
Specifies whether to enable SVC 11 screening to obtain host date and time information.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SVGAUTOPLAY | NOSVGAUTOPLAY
Specifies to automatically start the animation in the web browser.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGCONTROLBUTTONS | NOSVGCONTROLBUTTONS
Specifies whether to display the paging control buttons and an index in a multipage SVG document.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGFADEIN=n
Specifies the number of seconds for an SVG frame to fade into view.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGFADEMODE=OVERLAP | SEQUENTIAL
Specifies whether an SVG frame overlaps the previous frame or whether each frame is played sequentially when a frame is fading in and out.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGFADEOUT=n
Specifies the number of seconds for an SVG frame to fade out of view.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGHEIGHT=number-of-units<unit-of-measure> | "" | ''
Specifies the height of the viewport unless the SVG output is embedded in another SVG output; specifies the value of the height attribute of the outermost <svg> element in the SVG file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGMAGNIFYBUTTON | NOSVGMAGNIFYBUTTON
Specifies whether to enable the SVG magnify tool in SVG documents.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGPRESERVEASPECTRATIO=align | meetOrSlice | NONE | ""
SVGPRESERVEASPECTRATIO="align meetOrSlice"
Specifies whether to force uniform scaling of SVG output; specifies the preserveAspectRatio attribute on the outermost <svg> element.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGTITLE="title" | "" | ''
Specifies the title in the title bar of the SVG output; specifies the value of the <title> element in the SVG file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGVIEWBOX="min-x min-y width height'' | none | "" | ''
Specifies the coordinates, width, and height that are used to set the viewBox attribute on the outermost <svg> element, which enables SVG output to scale to the viewport.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGWIDTH=number-of-units<unit-of-measure> | "" | ''
Specifies the width of the viewport unless the SVG output is embedded in another SVG output; specifies the value of the width attribute in the outermost <svg> element in the SVG file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGX=number-of-units<unit-of-measure> | "" | ''
Specifies the x-axis coordinate of one corner of the rectangular region into which an embedded <svg> element is placed; specifies the x attribute in the outermost <svg> element in an SVG file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SVGY=number-of-units<unit-of-measure> | "" | ''
Specifies the y-axis coordinate of one corner of the rectangular region into which an embedded <svg> element is placed; specifies the y attribute in the outermost <svg> element in an SVG file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SYNCHIO | NOSYNCHIO
Specifies whether synchronous I/O is enabled.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYNTAXCHECK | NOSYNTAXCHECK
In non-interactive or batch SAS sessions, specifies whether to enable syntax check mode for multiple steps.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-SYSGUIFONT "font-name" <font-size>
Specifies a font to use for the button text and the descriptive text.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
–SYSIN filename | --NOSYSIN
Specifies the default location of SAS source code when running in noninteractive or batch mode.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SYSIN file-specification | -NOSYSIN
Specifies a batch mode source file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SYSIN=file-specification | NOSYSIN
Specifies the location of the primary SAS input data stream.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYSINP=external-program-name
Specifies the name of an external program that provides SAS input statements.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
SYSLEAVE= n | nK | nM | (n | nK | nM, | n | nK | nM)
Specifies how much memory to leave unallocated to ensure that SAS software tasks are able to terminate successfully.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SYSPARM characters
SYSPARM= characters
Specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SYSPREF=prefix
Specifies a prefix for partially qualified physical filenames.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
–SYSPRINT destination | 'destination-option-list'
SYSPRINT=destination | 'destination-option-list'
Specifies the destination for printed output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-SYSPRINT "printer-name"<"destination">
SYSPRINT="printer-name"<"destination">
Specifies a destination printer for printing SAS output.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SYSPRINT=* | DUMMY | ddname
Specifies the handling of output that is directed to the default print file.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-SYSPRINTFONT ("font-name" <BOLD | NORMAL> <REGULAR | ITALIC> <character-set
>
<point-size> <<NAMEDprinter-name""" | UPRINT="printer-name" | DEFAULT | ALL>> )
SYSPRINTFONT="font-name" <BOLD | NORMAL> <REGULAR | ITALIC> <character-set
>
<point-size> <NAMEDprinter-name""" | UPRINT="printer-name" | DEFAULT | ALL>
Specifies the font to use when SAS is printing to the current default printer.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
SYSPRINTFONT=("face-name" <weight> <style> <character-set> <point-size>
<NAMED "printer-name " | UPRINT="printer-name " | DEFAULT | ALL> )
Specifies the default font to use for printing, which can be overridden by explicitly specifying a font and an ODS style.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
SYSRPUTSYNC | NOSYSRPUTSYNC
Sets %SYSRPUT macro variables in the client session when the %SYSRPUT statements are executed rather than when a synchronization point is encountered.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
TAPECLOSE=REREAD | LEAVE | REWIND | DISP | FREE
Specifies how sequential access bound libraries on tape are handled when SAS closes the library data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
TBUFSIZE=buffer-size-in-bytes
Specifies the size of the buffer that is used by the SAS application layer for transferring data between a client and a server across a network.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
TBUFSIZE=value
Specifies the value of the default buffer size that the server uses for transferring data.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User’s Guide
TCPLISTENTIME=listen-time-in-seconds |MIN | MAX
Specifies the amount of time a SAS/CONNECT server listens for a client to connect before terminating the CONNECT server session.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
TCPPORTFIRST=n
Specifies the first value in a range of TCP/IP ports for a client to use to connect to a server.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
TCPPORTLAST=n
Specifies the last value in a range of TCP/IP ports for a client to use to connect to a server.
Product: SAS/CONNECT
Document: SAS/CONNECT User’s Guide
TERMINAL | NOTERMINAL
Specifies whether to associate a terminal with a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
TERMSTMT='statement(s)'
Specifies the SAS statements to execute when SAS terminates.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
TEXTURELOC=location
Specifies the location of textures and images that are used by ODS styles.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
THREADS | NOTHREADS
Specifies that SAS uses threaded processing if available.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
TIMEZONE='time-zone-name' | 'time-zone-ID'
Specifies the user local time zone.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
TIMEZONE='time-zone-name' | 'time-zone-ID'
Specifies the user local time zone.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
-TOOLDEF TOP | CENTER | BOTTOM <LEFT | CENTER | RIGHT>
Specifies the Toolbox display location.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
TOOLSMENU | NOTOOLSMENU
Specifies whether the Tools menu is included in SAS windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
TOPMARGIN=margin-size<margin-unit>
Specifies the print margin at the top of the page.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
TRAINLOC="base-URL"
Specifies the URL for SAS online training courses.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
TRANTAB=(catalog-entries)
Specifies the translation tables that are used by various parts of SAS.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
UBUFNO=n | nK | nM | nG | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, and GB notations.
Specifies the number of buffers to use for utility files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
UBUFSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the buffer size for utility files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
UNIVERSALPRINT | NOUNIVERSALPRINT
Specifies whether to enable menus for Universal Printing and to set up printing defaults.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
UPRINTCOMPRESSION | NOUPRINTCOMPRESSION
Specifies whether to enable the compression of files created by some Universal Printer and SAS/GRAPH devices.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
-UPRINTMENUSWITCH | -NOUPRINTMENUSWITCH
Enables the universal print commands on the File menu.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
URLENCODING=SESSION | UTF8
Specifies whether the argument to the URLENCODE function and to the URLDECODE function is interpreted using the SAS session encoding or UTF-8 encoding.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
URLENCODING=SESSION | UTF8
Specifies whether the argument to the URLENCODE function and to the URLDECODE function is interpreted using the SAS session encoding or UTF-8 encoding.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
-USER pathname
USER='pathname' | libref
Specifies the name of the default permanent SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-USER "library-specification"
USER="library-specification"
Specifies the name of the default permanent SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
USER=library-specification
Specifies the default permanent SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
USER=library-specification
Specifies the location of the default SAS library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-USERCONFIG | -NOUSERCONFIG
Specifies whether to process.sasv9.cfg and sasv9.cfg configuration files in the user’s home directory.
Product: SAS Enterprise BI Server
Document: SAS Intelligence Platform: Application Server Administration Guide
-USERICON icon-resource-filename number-of-icons
Specifies the pathname of the resource file associated with your user-defined icon.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
UTILLOC=WORK | filename | location | (location-1 location-2 ...)
Specifies one or more file system locations in which enabled threaded applications can store utility files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
UTILLOC = "location" ( | "location-1", "location-2", "...")
Specifies location of certain types of temporary utility files.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
UUIDCOUNT=n | MIN | MAX
Specifies the number of UUIDs to acquire from the UUID Generator Daemon.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
UUIDGENDHOST='host-string'
Identifies the host and port or the LDAP URL that the UUID Generator Daemon runs on.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
V6CREATEUPDATE=ERROR | NOTE | WARNING | IGNORE
Specifies the type of message to write to the SAS log when Version 6 data sets are created or updated.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
V6GUIMODE | NOV6GUIMODE
Specifies whether SAS uses SAS 6 style SCL selection list windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
VALIDFMTNAME=LONG | FAIL | WARN
Specifies the maximum size (32 characters or 8 characters) that user-created format and informat names can be before an error or warning is issued.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
VALIDMEMNAME=COMPATIBLE | EXTEND
Specifies the rules for naming SAS data sets, SAS data views, and item stores.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
VALIDMEMNAME=COMPATIBLE | EXTEND
Specifies the rules for naming SAS data sets, SAS data views, and item stores.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
VALIDMEMNAME=COMPATIBLE | EXTEND
Specifies the rules for naming SAS data sets and data views. When used In SAS/SHARE or SAS/CONNECT, the value specified on the client takes precedence over the value set on the server.
Product: SAS/SHARE
Document: SAS/SHARE User’s Guide
VALIDMEMNAME=COMPATIBLE | EXTEND
Specifies the rules for naming SAS data sets, data views, and item stores.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
VALIDVARNAME=V6 | V7 | UPCASE | ANY
Controls the type of SAS variable names that can be used or created during a SAS session.
Product: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
Document: SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases: Reference
VALIDVARNAME=V7 | UPCASE | ANY
Specifies the rules for valid SAS column names that can be created and processed during a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server: User’s Guide
VALIDVARNAME=V7 | UPCASE | ANY
Specifies the rules for valid SAS variable names that can be created and processed during a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
VALIDVARNAME=V7 | UPCASE | ANY
Specifies the rules for valid SAS variable names that can be created and processed during a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS National Language Support (NLS): Reference Guide
VARINITCHK=NONOTE | NOTE | WARN | ERROR
Specifies whether a DATA step stops or continues executing when a variable is not initialized and the type of message to write to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
VARLENCHK=NOWARN | WARN | ERROR
Specifies the type of message to write to the SAS log when inconsistent variable lengths are defined and the input data set is read using the SET, MERGE, UPDATE, or MODIFY statements.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
VBUFSIZE=n | nK | nM | nG | nT | hexX | MIN | MAX
Note: You can also use the KB, MB, GB, and TB syntax notations.
Specifies the size of the view buffer.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
–VERBOSE | –NOVERBOSE
Specifies whether SAS writes the system option settings to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-VERBOSE | -NOVERBOSE
Controls whether SAS writes the settings of all the system options specified in the configuration file to either the terminal or the batch log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
VERBOSE | NOVERBOSE
Specifies whether SAS writes the start-up system option settings to the SAS log.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
VIEWMENU | NOVIEWMENU
Specifies whether the View menu is included in SAS windows.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
VNFERR | NOVNFERR
Specifies whether SAS issues an error or warning when a BY variable exists in one data set but not another data set when the other data set is _NULL_. This option applies when processing the SET, MERGE, UPDATE, or MODIFY statements.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
VSAMLOAD | NOVSAMLOAD
Enables you to load a VSAM data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
VSAMREAD | NOVSAMREAD
Enables the user to read a VSAM data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
VSAMRLS | NOVSAMRLS
Enables record-level sharing for a VSAM data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
VSAMRLSREAD | NOVSAMRLSREAD
Specifies the level of Read integrity for an RLS-eligible data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
VSAMUPDATE | NOVSAMUPDATE
Enables you to update a VSAM data set.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS VSAM Processing for z/OS
-WEBUI | -NOWEBUI
Specifies to enable web enhancements.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-WINDOWSMENU | -NOWINDOWSMENU
WINDOWSMENU | NOWINDOWSMENU
Specifies to include or suppress the Window menu in windows that display menus.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
–WORK filename | directory
Specifies the location of the Work library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-WORK filename | directory
Specifies the location of the Work library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
WORK=library-specification
Specifies the Work library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
WORK=library-specification
Specifies the location of the SAS Work library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
WORKINIT | NOWORKINIT
Specifies whether to initialize the Work library at SAS invocation.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
–WORKINIT | –NOWORKINIT
Initializes the Work library.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
–WORKPERMS permission-value
Sets the permissions of the SAS Work library when it is initially created.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
WORKTERM | NOWORKTERM
Specifies whether to erase the Work files when SAS terminates.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
WORKTERM | NOWORKTERM
Specifies whether SAS erases WORK files at the termination of a SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
WTOUSERDESC= n
Specifies a WTO DATA step function descriptor code.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
WTOUSERMCSF=(BRDCST | HRDCPY | NOTIME | BUSYEXIT)
Specifies WTO DATA step function MCS flags.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
WTOUSERROUT=n
Specifies a WTO DATA step function routing code.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-XCMD | -NOXCMD
Specifies whether the X command is valid in the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for UNIX Environments
-XCMD | -NOXCMD
-XCMD ON | -XCMD OFF
Specifies that the X command is valid in the current SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
XCMD | NOXCMD
Specifies whether the X command is valid in the SAS session.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for z/OS
-XMIN | -NOXMIN
XMIN | NOXMIN
Specifies to open the application specified in the X command in a minimized state or in the default active state.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-XSYNC | -NOXSYNC
XSYNC | NOXSYNC
Controls whether an X command or statement executes synchronously or asynchronously.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
-XWAIT | -NOXWAIT
XWAIT | NOXWAIT
Specifies whether you have to type EXIT at the DOS prompt before the DOS shell closes.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS Companion for Windows
YEARCUTOFF=nnnn | nnnnn
Specifies the first year of a 100-year span that is used by date informats and functions to read a two-digit year.
Product: Base SAS
Document: SAS System Options: Reference
Last updated: March 30, 2026