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SAS Companion for the OS/390 Environment

Summary Table of SAS System Options

The following table lists all the SAS system options that are available to OS/390 SAS users. The table gives you the following information about each SAS system option:

The Specified In column indicates where you can set or change the option's value. The following abbreviations represent these circumstances:
SI SAS invocation
CF Configuration file
OS OPTIONS statement
OW OPTIONS window

Some options have different default values depending on the mode in which the SAS System is running. For these options, the following conventions are used to distinguish the default values:
(b) the default value in batch or noninteractive mode.
(i) the default value in interactive line mode.
(w) the default value in windowing environment mode.

The See column tell you when and where you can specify a given option. The following abbreviations are used in the See column to specify sources of information.

ADB SAS/ACCESS Interface to ADABAS Software: Reference
CAM Communications Access Methods for SAS/CONNECT and SAS/SHARE Software
COMP SAS Companion for the OS/390 Environment
CONN SAS/CONNECT User's Guide
DB2 SAS/ACCESS Software for Relational Databases: Reference (DB2 under OS/390 Chapter)
DATACOM SAS/ACCESS Interface to CA-DATACOM/DB: Reference
HELP SAS help facility
IDMS SAS/ACCESS Interface to CA-IDMS Software: Reference
IMS SAS/ACCESS Interface to IMS-DL/I Software
INST installation instructions for SAS in the OS/390 environment
LR SAS Language Reference: Dictionary
ORACLE SAS/ACCESS Software for Relational Databases: Reference (ORACLE Chapter)
SHARE SAS/SHARE User's Guide

When two references are listed in the "See" column, the first reference is the primary source of information and should be consulted first.

Summary of All SAS System Options Available under OS/390
Option Name Default Specified In See
ADBBYMD R SI CF ADB
ADBDBID 0 SI CF ADB
ADBDBMD M SI CF ADB
ADBDEFW 0 SI CF ADB
ADBDEL N SI CF ADB
ADBDELIM \ SI CF ADB
ADBFMTL 500 SI CF ADB
ADBISNL 5000 SI CF ADB
ADBL3 N SI CF ADB
ADBMAXM 191 SI CF ADB
ADBMAXP 9 SI CF ADB
ADBMINM 1 SI CF ADB
ADBNATAP
SI CF ADB
ADBNATPW
SI CF ADB
ADBNATUS
SI CF ADB
ADBRECL 7500 SI CF ADB
ADBSCHL 500 SI CF ADB
ADBSECCC
SI CF ADB
ADBSECDB 0 SI CF ADB
ADBSECFL 16 SI CF ADB
ADBSECPW
SI CF ADB
ADBSPANS * SI CF ADB
ADBSYSCC
SI CF ADB
ADBSYSDB 0 SI CF ADB
ADBSYSFL 15 SI CF ADB
ADBSYSPW
SI CF ADB
ADBTASK S SI CF ADB
ADBUISN Y SI CF ADB
ADBUPD Y SI CF ADB
ADBVALL 300 SI CF ADB
ALTLOG
SI CF COMP, LR
ALTPRINT
SI CF COMP, LR
APPLETLOC
all LR
ASYNCHIO NOASYNCIO (b), ASYNCHIO (i, w) SI CF LR
AUTHENCR OPTIONAL all CAM
AUTOEXEC SASEXEC SI CF COMP, LR
BATCH NOBATCH SI CF LR
BINDING DEFAULT all LR
BLKALLOC NOBLKALLOC all COMP
BLKSIZE 0 all COMP
BLKSIZE(DISK) 0 all COMP
BLKSIZE(OTHER) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(2301) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(2303) 4608 all COMP
BLKSIZE(2305-1) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(2305-2) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(2314) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(3330) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(3330-1) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(3340) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(3350) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(3375) 8192 all COMP
BLKSIZE(3380) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(3390) 6144 all COMP
BLKSIZE(9345) 6144 all COMP
BMPREAD N SI CF IMS
BNDLSUFX
SI CF INST
BOTTOMMARGIN
all LR
BUFNO 1 all LR
BUFSIZE 0 all LR
BYERR BYERR all LR
BYLINE BYLINE all LR
CAPS NOCAPS all LR
CAPSOUT NOCAPSOUT all COMP
CARDIMAGE NOCARDIMAGE all LR
CATCACHE 0 SI CF LR
CBUFNO 0 all LR
CENTER CENTER all LR
CHARCODE NOCHARCODE all LR
CHARTYPE 0 SI CF COMP
CLEANUP CLEANUP all LR
CLIST NOCLIST SI CF COMP
CMDMAC NOCMDMAC all LR
CMPOPT CMPOPT all LR
COLLATE NOCOLLATE all LR
COLORPRINTING COLORPRINTING all LR
COMAMID
all CONN, CAM
COMAUX1
SI CF CAM
COMAUX2
SI CF CAM
COMPRESS NO all LR
CONFIG CONFIG SI COMP, LR
CONNECTREMOTE
all LR
CONNECTSTATUS CONNECTSTATUS all LR
CONNECTWAIT CONNECTWAIT all LR
CONSOLELOG SASCLOG SI CF COMP, LR
COPIES 1 all LR
CPUID CPUID SI CF LR
DATASTMTCHK COREKEYWORDS all LR
DATE DATE all LR
DB2DECPT . SI CF DB2
DB2IN
all DB2
DB2PKCHK N SI CF DB2
DB2PLAN SASDB2E7 all DB2
DB2RRS NODB2RRS SI CF DB2
DB2SSID DB2 all DB2
DB2UPD Y SI CF DB2
DBCS NODBCS SI CF COMP
DBCSLANG
SI CF COMP
DBCSTYPE IBM SI CF COMP
DDBDBN
SI CF DDB
DDBDELIM \ SI CF DDB
DDBLOAD 0 SI CF DDB
DDBLOCK 0 SI CF DDB
DDBMASK # SI CF DDB
DDBMISS
SI CF DDB
DDBPW
SI CF DDB
DDBSPANS * SI CF DDB
DDBSV PROD SI CF DDB
DDBTASK 2 SI CF DDB
DDBTRACE 0 SI CF DDB
DDBUPD Y SI CF DDB
DDBURT
SI CF DDB
DDBUSER
SI CF DDB
DETAILS NODETAILS all LR
DEVICE
all LR, COMP
DFLANG ENGLISH all LR
DKRICOND ERROR all LR
DKROCOND WARN all LR
DLDMGACTION REPAIR all LR
DLINITDEFER NODLINITDEFER all COMP
DLIREAD N SI CF IMS
DLTRUNCHK NODLTRUNCHK all COMP
DMR NODMR SI CF CONN
DMS NODMS (i, b); DMS (w) SI CF LR
DMSEXP NODMSEXP SI CF LR
DOCLOC
SI CF LR
DSNFERR DSNFERR all LR
DSRESV NODSRESV all COMP
DUPLEX NODUPLEX all LR
DYNALLOC NODYNALLOC all COMP
ECHOAUTO NOECHOAUTO SI CF LR
ENCRKEY
SI CF INST
ENGINE
SI CF LR
ERRORABEND NOERRORABEND all LR
ERRORCHECK NORMAL all LR
ERRORS 20 all LR
EXPLORER NOEXPLORER SI CF LR
FILEBLKSIZE(DISK) 0 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(OTHER) 6400 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(SYSOUT) 264 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(TAPE) 0 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(TERM) 264 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(2301) 20483 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(2303) 4892 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(2305-1) 14136 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(2305-2) 14660 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(2311) 3625 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(2314) 7294 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(2321) 2000 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(2400) 32760 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3330) 13030 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3330-1) 13030 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3340) 8368 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3350) 19069 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3375) 17600 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3380) 23476 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3390) 27998 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3400) 32760 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3480) 32760 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3490E) 32760 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(3590) 32760 all COMP
FILEBLKSIZE(9345) 22928 all COMP
FILECC NOFILECC all COMP
FILEDEST
all COMP
FILEDEV SYSDA all COMP
FILEDIRBLK 6 all COMP
FILEEXT IGNORE all COMP
FILEFORMS
all COMP
FILEMOUNT FILEMOUNT all COMP
FILEMSGS NOFILEMSGS all COMP
FILENULL FILENULL all COMP
FILEPROMPT FILEPROMPT (i); NOFILEPROMPT (b) all COMP
FILEREUSE NOFILEREUSE all COMP
FILESPPRI 1 all COMP
FILESPSEC 1 all COMP
FILESTAT NOFILESTAT all COMP
FILESYSOUT
all COMP
FILESYSTEM MVS all COMP
FILEUNIT CYLS all COMP
FILEVOL
all COMP
FILSZ FILSZ all COMP
FIRSTOBS 1 all LR
FMTERR FMTERR all LR
FMTSEARCH (WORK LIBRARY) all LR
FORMCHAR |----|+|---+=|-/\<>* all LR
FORMDLIM
all LR
FORMS DEFAULT all LR
FSBCOLOR NOFSBCOLOR SI CF COMP
FSBORDER BEST SI CF COMP
FSDEVICE
SI CF LR, COMP
FSMODE IBM SI CF COMP
FULLSTATS NOFULLSTATS all COMP
GHFONT
SI CF COMP
GISMAPS
all LR
GWINDOW GWINDOW all LR
HELPLOC HELPDOC SI CF COMP, LR
HSLXTNTS 1500 all COMP
HSMAXPGS 75000 all COMP
HSMAXSPC 50 all COMP
HSSAVE HSSAVE all COMP
HSWORK NOHSWORK SI CF COMP
ICSRSLV ONLY SI CF CONN
IDMWHST I SI CF IDMS
IMPLMAC NOIMPLMAC all LR
IMSBPAGN * all IMS
IMSBPCPU 0 all IMS
IMSBPDCA 0 all IMS
IMSBPIN * all IMS
IMSBPNBA 0 all IMS
IMSBPOBA 0 all IMS
IMSBPOPT C all IMS
IMSBPOUT * all IMS
IMSBPPAR 0 all IMS
IMSBPSTI 0 all IMS
IMSBPUPD Y SI CF IMS
IMSDEBUG N all IMS
IMSDLBKO * all IMS
IMSDLBUF 16 all IMS
IMSDLDBR * all IMS
IMSDLEXC 0 all IMS
IMSDLFMT P all IMS
IMSDLIRL * all IMS
IMSDLIRN * all IMS
IMSDLLOG 0 all IMS
IMSDLMON N all IMS
IMSDLSRC 0 all IMS
IMSDLSWP * all IMS
IMSDLUPD Y SI CF IMS
IMSID * SI CF IMS
IMSIOB * all IMS
IMSREGTP DLI SI CF IMS
IMSSPIE 0 all IMS
IMSTEST 0 all IMS
IMSWHST N SI CF IMS
INITCMD
SI CF LR
INITSTMT
SI CF LR
INVALIDDATA . all LR
ISPCAPS NOISPCAPS all COMP
ISPCHARF NOISPCHARF all COMP
ISPCSR
SI CF COMP
ISPEXECV
SI CF COMP
ISPMISS
all COMP
ISPMSG
SI CF COMP
ISPNOTES NOISPNOTES all COMP
ISPNZTRC NOISPNZTRC all COMP
ISPPT NOISPPT all COMP
ISPTRACE NOISPTRACE all COMP
ISPVDEFA NOISPVDEFA all COMP
ISPVDLT NOISPVDLT all COMP
ISPVDTRC NOISPVDTRC all COMP
ISPVIMSG
all COMP
ISPVRMSG
all COMP
ISPVTMSG
all COMP
ISPVTNAM
all COMP
ISPVTPNL
all COMP
ISPVTRAP NOISPVTRAP all COMP
ISPVTVARS
all COMP
LABEL LABEL all LR
_LAST_ _NULL_ all LR
LEFTMARGIN
all LR
LINESIZE width of terminal (i, w); 132 (b) all COMP, LR
LOG SASLOG SI CF COMP, LR
LUFIRST 1 SI CF CAM
LULAST 9 SI CF CAM
LUNAME
SI CF CAM
LUPOOL USER SI CF CAM
LUPREFIX
SI CF CAM
LU62MODE
all CAM
MACRO MACRO SI CF LR
MAPS MAPS all LR
MAUTOSOURCE MAUTOSOURCE all LR
MEMLEAVE 524288 SI CF COMP
MEMRPT MEMRPT all COMP
MEMSIZE varies, see dictionary SI CF COMP
MERGENOBY NOWARN all LR
MERROR MERROR all LR
MFILE NOMFILE all LR
MINSTG NOMINSTG all COMP
MISSING . all LR
MLOGIC NOMLOGIC all LR
MPRINT NOMPRINT all LR
MRECALL NOMRECALL all LR
MSG SASMSG SI CF COMP
MSGCASE NOMSGCASE SI CF COMP
MSGLEVEL N all LR
MSGLOAD NOMSGLOAD all COMP
MSGSIZE 131072 SI CF COMP
MSTORED NOMSTORED all LR
MSYMTABMAX 1048576 all LR, COMP
MULTENVAPPL NOMULTENVAPPL all LR
MVARSIZE 8192 all LR, COMP
NDSVOLS
all COMP
NETENCRYPT
all CONN, SHARE
NETENCRYPTALGORITHM
all CONN, SHARE
NETENCRYPTKEYLEN 0 all CONN, SHARE
NETMAC NETMAC all CONN, SHARE
NEWS
SI CF LR
NOTES NOTES all LR
NUMBER NUMBER all LR
OBJECTSERVER NOOBJECTSERVER SI CF LR
OBS 2147483647 all LR
OPLIST NOOPLIST SI CF COMP, LR
OPRESTRICTIONS
SI CF INST
ORIENTATION PORTRAIT all LR
OVP NOOVP all LR
PAGENO 1 all LR
PAGESIZE terminal screen size (w); 21 (i); 60 (b) all LR, COMP
PAPERDEST
all LR
PAPERSIZE LETTER all LR
PAPERSOURCE
all LR
PAPERTYPE PLAIN all LR
PARM
all LR
PARMCARDS SASPARM all LR
PFKEY PRIMARY SI CF COMP
PGMPARM
SI CF COMP
PRINT SASLIST SI CF COMP, LR
PRINTERPATH
all LR
PRINTINIT NOPRINTINIT SI CF COMP, LR
PRINTMSGLIST PRINTMSGLIST all LR
PROBSIG 0 all LR
PROCLEAVE (0, 153600) all COMP
PSUPISA 174080 SI CF INST
PSUPOSA 20480 SI CF INST
REPLACE REPLACE all LR
REUSE NO all LR
REXXLOC SASREXX SI CF COMP
REXXMAC NOREXXMAC all COMP
RIGHTMARGIN
all LR
RSASUSER NORSASUSER SI CF LR
S 0 all LR, COMP
SASAUTOS SASAUTOS all COMP, LR
SASCMD
all LR
SASFRSCR
all CONN, INST
SASHELP SASHELP SI CF COMP, LR
SASLIB SASLIB SI CF COMP
SASMSTORE
all LR
SASSCRIPT
all CONN, INST
SASUSER SASUSER SI CF COMP, LR
SEQ 8 all LR
SEQENGINE SASV7SEQ all COMP
SERROR SERROR all LR
SETINIT NOSETINIT SI CF LR
SKIP 0 all LR
SMF NOSMF SI CF INST
SMFEXIT
SI CF INST
SMFTYPE 128 SI CF INST
SOLUTIONS SOLUTIONS SI CF LR
SORT 0 all COMP
SORTALTMSGF NOSORTALTMSGF all COMP
SORTBLKMODE NOSORTBLKMODE all COMP
SORTBUFMOD SORTBUFMOD all COMP
SORTCUTP 4194304 all COMP
SORTDEV SYSDA all COMP
SORTDEVWARN SORTDEVWARN all COMP
SORTDUP PHYSICAL all LR
SORTEQOP SORTEQOP all COMP
SORTLIB SYS1.SORTLIB all COMP
SORTLIST NOSORTLIST all COMP
SORTMSG NOSORTMSG all COMP
SORTMSG SYSOUT all COMP
SORTNAME SORT all COMP
SORTOPTS SORTOPTS all COMP
SORTPARM
all COMP
SORTPGM BEST all COMP
SORTSEQ
all LR
SORTSHRB SORTSHRB (i,w); NOSORTSHRB (b) all COMP
SORTSIZE 2147483647 all COMP, LR
SORTSUMF SORTSUMF all COMP
SORTUADCON SORTUADCON all COMP
SORTUNIT CYLS all COMP
SORTWKDD SASS all COMP
SORTWKNO 3 all COMP
SORT31PL SORT31PL all COMP
SOURCE NOSOURCE all LR
SOURCE2 NOSOURCE2 all LR
SPOOL NOSPOOL all LR
STAE STAE all COMP
STARTLIB NOSTARTLIB SI CF LR
STATS STATS all COMP
STAX STAX SI CF COMP
STIMER STIMER SI CF COMP
SUBSYSID SAS0 SI CF INST
SUMSIZE 8388608 all LR
SVC0R15 4 SI CF INST
SVC0SVC 109 SI CF INST
SVC11SCREEN NOSVC11SCREEN SI CF COMP
SYMBOLGEN NOSYMBOLGEN all LR
SYNCHIO SYNCHIO (b); NOSYNCHIO (i,w) SI CF LR
SYSIN none (i,w); SYSIN (b) SI CF COMP
SYSINP
SI CF COMP
SYSLEAVE (0, 153600) all COMP
SYSPARM
all LR
SYSPREF user profile prefix (i, w); userid (b) all COMP
SYSPRINT
all COMP
S2 0 all LR
S99NOMIG NOS99NOMIG all COMP
TAPECLOSE REREAD all COMP
TBUFSIZE 0 all CONN
TCPIPMCH
SI CF CAM
TCPIPPRF
SI CF CAM
TCPPORTFIRST 0 all CAM
TCPPORTLAST 0 all CAM
TERMINAL TERMINAL SI CF LR
TOPMARGIN
all LR
TRAINLOC
SI CF LR
TRANTAB
all CONN, LR
USER
all COMP, LR
USERXIT1
SI CF INST
USERXIT2
SI CF INST
VALIDVARNAME V7 all LR
VECTOR NOVECTOR SI CF COMP, INST
VERBOSE NOVERBOSE SI CF COMP
VMCTLISA 163840 all INST
VMLOADI 0 all INST
VMLOADO 0 all INST
VMNSISA 0 SI CF INST
VMNSOSA 0 SI CF INST
VMPAISA 262144 all INST
VMPAOSA 131072 all INST
VMPBISA 262144 all INST
VMPBOSA 131072 all INST
VMTAISA 262144 all INST
VMTAOSA 131072 all INST
VMTBISA 262144 all INST
VMTBOSA 131072 all INST
VNFERR VNFERR all LR
VSAMLOAD NOVSAMLOAD all COMP
VSAMREAD VSAMREAD all COMP
VSAMUPDATE NOVSAMUPDATE all COMP
WORK WORK SI CF COMP, LR
WORKINIT WORKINIT SI CF LR
WORKTERM WORKTERM all LR
XCMD XCMD SI CF COMP
YEARCUTOFF 1920 all LR


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