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| SAS Language Reference: Dictionary |
| Category | SAS System Option | Description |
| Communications: Networking and encryption | CONNECTREMOTE= |
Specifies the remote session ID that is used for SAS/CONNECT software |
| CONNECTSTATUS |
Specifies whether or not to display the SAS/CONNECT transfer status window | |
| CONNECTWAIT |
Specifies whether or not to wait for a SAS/CONNECT remote submit statement (rsubmit) to complete before control returns to the local session | |
| NETENCRYPT |
Encrypts all network communications | |
| NETENCRYPTALGORITHM= |
Specifies the algorithm(s) available for the encryption of data that are passed over the network | |
| NETENCRYPTKEYLEN= |
Specifies the key size to use for the encryption of data that are passed over the network | |
| NETMAC |
Controls whether SAS uses Message Authentication Codes (MACs) to detect message corruption across a network | |
| SASCMD |
Used by the SIGNON portion of SAS/CONNECT to invoke a remote or server SAS session | |
| SASFRSCR |
Contains the fileref that is generated by the SASSCRIPT system option | |
| SASSCRIPT= |
Specifies one or more storage locations of SAS/CONNECT script files | |
| TBUFSIZE= |
Specifies the buffer size to use when you transmit data with SAS/CONNECT or SAS/SHARE software | |
| TCPPORTFIRST= |
Specifies the first TCP/IP port for SAS/CONNECT software | |
| TCPPORTLAST= |
Specifies the last TCP/IP port for SAS/CONNECT software | |
| Environment control: Display | CHARCODE |
Determines whether character combinations are substituted for special characters that are not on the keyboard |
| FORMS= |
Specifies the default form that is used for windowing output | |
| SOLUTIONS |
Specifies whether the SOLUTIONS menu choice appears in all SAS windows and whether the SOLUTIONS folder appears in the SAS Explorer window | |
| Environment control: Error handling | BYERR |
Controls whether SAS generates an error message and sets the error flag when a _NULL_ data set is used in the SORT procedure |
| CLEANUP |
Specifies how to handle an out-of-resource condition | |
| DSNFERR |
Controls how SAS responds when a SAS data set is not found | |
| ERRORABEND |
Specifies how SAS responds to errors | |
| ERRORCHECK= |
Controls error handling in batch processing | |
| ERRORS= |
Controls the maximum number of observations for which complete error messages are printed | |
| FMTERR |
Determines whether or not SAS generates an error message when a format of a variable cannot be found | |
| VNFERR |
Controls how SAS responds when a _NULL_ data set is used | |
| Environment control: Files | APPLETLOC= |
Specifies the location of Java applets |
| DOCLOC= |
Specifies the base location of SAS online documentation | |
| FMTSEARCH= |
Controls the order in which format catalogs are searched | |
| HELPLOC= |
Specifies the location of the text and index files for the facility that is used to view SAS help | |
| NEWS= |
Specifies a file that contains messages to be written to the SAS log | |
| PARM= |
Specifies a parameter string that is passed to an external program | |
| PARMCARDS= |
Specifies the file reference to use as the PARMCARDS file | |
| REP_MGRLOC= |
Specifies the location of the repository manager for common metadata | |
| RSASUSER |
Controls access to the SASUSER library | |
| SASAUTOS= |
Specifies the autocall macro library | |
| SASHELP= |
Specifies the location of the SASHELP library | |
| SASUSER= |
Specifies the name of the SASUSER library | |
| SYSPARM= |
Specifies a character string that can be passed to SAS programs | |
| TRAINLOC= |
Specifies the base location of SAS online training courses | |
| USER= |
Specifies the default permanent SAS data library | |
| WORK= |
Specifies the WORK data library | |
| WORKINIT |
Initializes the WORK data library | |
| WORKTERM |
Controls whether SAS erases WORK files at the termination of a SAS session | |
| Environment control: Initialization and operation | BATCH |
Specifies whether batch settings for LINESIZE, OVP, PAGESIZE, and SOURCE are in effect when SAS executes |
| DMR |
Controls the ability to invoke a remote SAS session so that you can run SAS/CONNECT software | |
| DMS |
Invokes the SAS windowing environment | |
| DMSEXP |
Invokes SAS with the Explorer, program editor, log, output, and results windows | |
| EXPLORER |
Controls whether or not you invoke SAS with only the Explorer window | |
| INITCMD |
Suppresses the Log, Output, and Program Editor windows when you enter a SAS/AF application | |
| INITSTMT= |
Specifies a SAS statement to be executed after any statements in the autoexec file and before any statements from the SYSIN= file | |
| MULTENVAPPL |
Controls whether SAS/AF, SAS/FSP, and base windowing applications use a default on an operating environment specific font selector window | |
| Environment control: Initialization and operation | OBJECTSERVER |
Specifies whether or not to put the SAS session into DCOM/CORBA server mode |
| TERMINAL |
Determines whether SAS evaluates the execution mode and, if needed, resets the option | |
| Environment control: Language control | DFLANG= |
Specifies language for international date informats and formats |
| TRANTAB= |
Specifies the translation tables that are used by various parts of SAS | |
| Files: External files | STARTLIB |
Allows previous library references (librefs) to persist in a new SAS session |
| SYNCHIO |
Specifies whether synchronous I/O is enabled | |
| Files: SAS files | ASYNCHIO |
Specifies whether asynchronous I/O is enabled |
| BUFNO= |
Specifies the number of buffers to use for SAS data sets | |
| BUFSIZE= |
Specifies the permanent buffer size for output SAS data sets | |
| CATCACHE= |
Specifies the number of SAS catalogs to keep open | |
| CBUFNO= |
Controls the number of extra page buffers to allocate for each open SAS catalog | |
| COMPRESS= |
Controls the compression of observations in output SAS data sets | |
| DATASTMTCHK= |
Prevents certain errors by controlling the SAS keywords that are allowed in the DATA statement | |
| DKRICOND= |
Controls the level of error detection for input data sets during processing of DROP=, KEEP=, and RENAME= data set options | |
| DKROCOND= |
Controls the level of error detection for output data sets during the processing of DROP=, KEEP=, and RENAME= data set options and the corresponding DATA step statements | |
| DLDMGACTION= |
Specifies what type of action to take when a SAS catalog or a SAS data set in a SAS data library is detected as damaged | |
| ENGINE= |
Specifies the default access method for SAS data libraries | |
| FIRSTOBS= |
Causes SAS to begin reading at a specified observation or record | |
| _LAST_= |
Specifies the most recently created data set | |
| MERGENOBY |
Controls whether a message is issued when MERGE processing occurs without an associated BY statement | |
| OBS= |
Specifies which observation SAS processes last | |
| REPLACE |
Controls whether you can replace permanently stored SAS data sets | |
| REUSE= |
Specifies whether or not SAS reuses space when observations are added to a compressed SAS data set | |
| VALIDVARNAME= |
Controls the type of SAS variable names that can be created and processed during a SAS session | |
| Graphics: Driver settings | DEVICE= |
Specifies a terminal device driver for SAS/GRAPH software |
| GISMAPS= |
Specifies the location of the SAS data library that contains SAS/GIS-supplied US Census Tract maps | |
| GWINDOW |
Controls whether SAS displays SAS/GRAPH output in the GRAPH window of the windowing environment | |
| MAPS= |
Specifies the list of locations to search for maps | |
| Input control: Data processing | CARDIMAGE |
Processes SAS source and data lines as 80-byte cards |
| INVALIDDATA= |
Specifies the value SAS is to assign to a variable when invalid numeric data are encountered | |
| PROC |
Enables a PROC statement to invoke external programs | |
| S= |
Specifies the length of statements on each line of a source statement and the length of data on lines that follow a DATALINES statement | |
| S2= |
Specifies the length of secondary source statements | |
| SEQ= |
Specifies the length of the numeric portion of the sequence field in input source lines or datalines | |
| SPOOL |
Controls whether SAS writes SAS statements to a utility data set in the WORK data library | |
| Input control: Data processing | CAPS |
Indicates whether to translate input to uppercase |
| YEARCUTOFF= |
Specifies the first year of a 100-year span that will be used by date informats and functions to read a two-digit year | |
| Log and procedure output control: Procedure output | FORMDLIM= |
Specifies a character to delimit page breaks in SAS output |
| PRINTINIT |
Initializes the SAS print file | |
| Log and procedure output control: SAS log | OVP |
Overprints output lines |
| SOURCE |
Controls whether SAS writes source statements to the SAS log | |
| SOURCE2 |
Writes secondary source statements from included files to the SAS log | |
| Log and procedure output control: ODS printing | BINDING= |
Specifies the binding edge for the ODS printer destination |
| BOTTOMMARGIN= |
Specifies the size of the margin at the bottom of the page for the ODS printer destination | |
| COLLATE |
Specifies the collation of multiple copies for output for the ODS printer destination | |
| COLORPRINTING |
Specifies color printing, if it is supported, for the ODS printer destination | |
| COPIES= |
Specifies the number of copies to make when printing to the ODS printer destination | |
| DUPLEX |
Specifies duplexing controls for the ODS printer destination | |
| LEFTMARGIN= |
Specifies the size of the margin on the left side of the page for the ODS printer destination | |
| ORIENTATION= |
Specifies the paper orientation to use when printing to the ODS printer destination | |
| PRINTERPATH= |
Specifies a printer for SAS print jobs directed to the ODS printer destination | |
| Log and procedure output control: Procedure output | BYLINE |
Controls whether BY lines are printed above each BY group |
| CENTER |
Controls alignment of SAS procedure output | |
| FORMCHAR= |
Specifies the default output formatting characters | |
| LABEL |
Determines whether SAS procedures can use labels with variables | |
| PAGENO= |
Resets the page number | |
| PROBSIG= |
Specifies the number of significant digits in p-values for some statistical procedures | |
| SKIP= |
Specifies the number of lines to skip at the top of each page of SAS output | |
| Log and procedure output control: SAS log | CONSOLELOG= |
Specifies the location of the console log |
| CPUID |
Specifies whether hardware information is written to the SAS log | |
| Log and procedure output control: SAS log and procedure output | NUMBER |
Controls the printing of page numbers |
| Log and procedure output control: SAS log and procedure output | DATE |
Prints the date and time that the SAS session was initialized |
| DETAILS |
Specifies whether to include additional information when files are listed in a SAS data library | |
| LINESIZE= |
Specifies the line size of SAS procedure output | |
| MISSING= |
Specifies the character to print for missing numeric values | |
| PAGESIZE= |
Specifies the number of lines that compose a page of SAS output | |
| Log and procedure output control: SAS log | ECHOAUTO |
Controls whether autoexec code in an input file is echoed to the log |
| MSGLEVEL= |
Controls the level of detail in messages that are written to the SAS log | |
| NOTES |
Writes notes to the SAS log | |
| Macro: SAS macro | CMDMAC |
Determines whether the macro processor recognizes a command-style macro invocation |
| IMPLMAC |
Controls whether SAS allows statement-style macro calls | |
| MACRO |
Specifies whether the SAS macro language is available | |
| MAUTOSOURCE |
Determines whether the macro autocall feature is available | |
| MERROR |
Controls whether SAS issues a warning message when a macro-like name does not match a macro keyword | |
| MFILE |
Specifies whether MPRINT output is directed to an external file | |
| MLOGIC |
Controls whether SAS traces execution of the macro language processor | |
| MPRINT |
Displays SAS statements that are generated by macro execution | |
| MRECALL |
Controls whether SAS searches the autocall libraries for a file that was not found during an earlier search | |
| MSTORED |
Determines whether the macro facility searches a specific catalog for a stored, compiled macro | |
| MSYMTABMAX= |
Specifies the maximum amount of memory that is available to macro variable symbol tables | |
| MVARSIZE= |
Specifies the maximum size for macro variables that are stored in memory | |
| SASMSTORE= |
Specifies the libref of a SAS data library that contains a catalog of stored, compiled SAS macros | |
| SERROR |
Controls whether SAS issues a warning message when a defined macro variable reference does not match a macro variable | |
| SYMBOLGEN |
Controls whether the results of resolving macro variable references are written to the SAS log | |
| SAS log and procedure output control: ODS printing | PAPERDEST= |
Specifies the bin to receive printed output for the ODS printer destination |
| PAPERSIZE= |
Specifies the paper size to use when printing to the ODS printer destination | |
| PAPERSOURCE= |
Specifies the paper bin to use for printing to the ODS printer destination | |
| PAPERTYPE= |
Specifies the type of paper to use for printing to the ODS printer destination | |
| RIGHTMARGIN= |
Specifies the size of the margin at the right side of the page for printed output directed to the ODS printer destination | |
| TOPMARGIN= |
Specifies the size of the margin at the top of the page for the ODS printer destination | |
| SAS log and procedure output: SAS log | PRINTMSGLIST |
Controls the printing of extended lists of messages to the SAS log |
| Sort: Procedure options | SORTDUP= |
Controls the SORT procedure's application of the NODUP option to physical or logical records |
| SORTSEQ= |
Specifies which collating sequence the SORT procedure is to use | |
| SORTSIZE= |
Specifies the amount of memory that is available to the SORT procedure | |
| System administration: Installation | SETINIT |
Controls whether site license information can be altered |
| System administration: Memory | SUMSIZE= |
Specifies a limit on the amount of memory that is available for data summarization procedures when class variables are active |
| System administration: Performance | CMPOPT |
Controls whether SAS language compiler optimization is in effect |
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