USER

USER

Specifies the name of the default permanent SAS data library

Default: None

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window

Windows specifics: Valid values for library-specification

Syntax
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Syntax

-USER library-specification

USER="library-specification"

library-specification: specifies the default libref, an environment variable, or Windows pathname in which to store data sets that are created during a SAS session. Remember that a pathname is only to the directory or subdirectory level. The value of library-specification must resolve to a valid Windows pathname.

Details

When you specify the USER system option, any data set that you create with a one-level name will be permanently stored in the specified library. If you want to create a temporary data set, use a two-level name for the data set, with the first part being WORK (for example, work.tempdata).

See Also

USER system option in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Default:	None
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window
Windows specifics:	Valid values for library-specification