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SAS® Viya® Programming Documentation
2022.1.1
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  • Welcome to SAS Programming Documentation
  • What's New
  • Learning SAS Viya
  • Syntax Quick Links
  • Advanced Analytics
  • Data Access
    • CAS User’s Guide
    • SAS/ACCESS for Relational Databases
    • SAS/ACCESS for Nonrelational Databases: Reference
    • SAS/ACCESS for PC Files for Viya
    • SAS/ACCESS for R/3
    • SAS/ACCESS Documentation
    • ORC and Parquet Engines
    • V9 Engine
    • SPD Engine: HDFS
    • SPD Engine
    • XMLV2 and XML Engines
    • SAS LIBNAME Engine for SAS Federation Server
    • Moving and Accessing SAS Files
    • SAS/CONNECT for SAS Viya User’s Guide
  • Cloud Analytic Services
  • SAS Language Reference
  • Migrating to UTF-8
  • Example Data Sets
  • SAS Code Debugging
  • Output and Graphics
  • In-Database Technologies
  • Security and Administration
  • SAS Servers
  • Using the batch Plug-In for the SAS Viya CLI
  • SAS Data Quality
  • SAS Job Execution Web Application
  • Accessibility in SAS Viya
  • SAS Visual Analytics
  • SAS Viya: Administration
  • SAS Viya Operations
  • SAS Studio
  • Other Resources
V9 Engine
 

SAS® V9 LIBNAME Engine: Reference

Getting Started
Getting Started with the V9 Engine
Quick Tutorials for the V9 Engine
Syntax
LIBNAME Statement, V9 Engine
LIBNAME Statement Options, V9 Engine
Accessing V9 Engine Data
SAS Data Sets
SAS Views
Using V9 Engine Features
Introduction to Engine-Specific Features
Indexes
Integrity Constraints
Audit Trails
Generation Data Sets
Compression
Catalogs
Stored, Compiled DATA Step Programs
Extended Attributes
Compatibility and Migration
Last updated: September 3, 2026
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