SAS/CONNECT User's Guide

Example 6. DTS: Transferring Data by Using Data Set Options and Attributes

Purpose

PROC UPLOAD and PROC DOWNLOAD permit you to specify SAS data set options in the DATA= and OUT= options. Note that SAS data set options are not supported when using the INLIB= and OUTLIB= options, even when you upload only data sets.

The data set options must be associated with a specific SAS data set, so they must be used in the DATA= or OUT= options. There are additional restrictions described in The UPLOAD Procedure and The DOWNLOAD Procedure.

This example illustrates using the DATA= option and the INDEX=NO option. It also shows the use of the RENAME= and DROP= SAS data set options. Note that because no OUT= option is specified, the transferred data set inherits all of the characteristics of the input data set except for the index (because the INDEX=NO option is specified).

Program

proc download data=survey
   (rename(r=response) drop=comments)
   index=no;
run;

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