The OPTIONS Procedure

Overview

The OPTIONS procedure lists the current settings of SAS system options. The results are displayed in the SAS log.

SAS system options control how the SAS System formats output, handles files, processes data sets, interacts with the operating environment, and does other tasks that are not specific to a single SAS program or data set. You can change the settings of SAS system options

in the SAS command
in a configuration or autoexec file
in the SAS OPTIONS statement
through the SAS System Options window
by using SCL functions
in a STARTSAS window or a STARTSAS statement
in other ways, depending on your operating environment. See the companion for your operating environment for details.

For information about SAS system options, see the section on SAS system options in SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.

The log that results from running PROC OPTIONS shows both the portable and host systems options, their settings, and short descriptions. Log showing a Partial Listing of SAS System Options shows a partial log that displays the settings of portable options through those that begin with the letter "C."

proc options;
run;

Log showing a Partial Listing of SAS System Options

1 proc options; 2 run; SAS (r) Proprietary Software Release 7.XX.XXXXXXXXXXX Portable Options: NOBATCH Do not use the batch set of default values for SAS system options BINDING=DEFAULT Controls the binding edge for duplexed output BOTTOMMARGIN= Bottom margin for printed output BUFNO=1 Number of buffers for each SAS data set BUFSIZE=0 Size of buffer for page of SAS data set BYERR Set the error flag if a null data set is input to the SORT procedure BYLINE Print the by-line at the beginning of each by-group NOCAPS Do not translate source input to uppercase NOCARDIMAGE Do not process SAS source and data lines as 80-byte records CATCACHE=0 Number of SAS catalogs to keep in cache memory CBUFNO=0 Number of buffers to use for each SAS catalog CENTER Center SAS procedure output NOCHARCODE Do not use character combinations as substitute for special characters not on the keyboard CLEANUP Attempt recovery from out-of-resources condition NOCMDMAC Do not support command-style macros NOCOLLATE Do not collate multiple copies of printed output COLORPRINTING Print in color if printer supports color COMPRESS=NO Specifies whether to compress observations in output SAS data sets CONNECTREMOTE= Remote session ID used by SAS/CONNECT software CONNECTSTATUS Show the current status of a SAS/CONNECT upload or download transfer CONNECTWAIT Wait for a SAS/CONNECT rsubmit to finish before allowing further processing to occur CONSOLELOG= Location of console log COPIES=1 Number of copies to make when printing CPUID Print CPU information at beginning of log

The Setting of a Single SAS System Option shows a log that PROC OPTIONS produces for a single SAS system option.

options pagesize=60; 
proc options option=pagesize;
run;

The Setting of a Single SAS System Option

1 options pagesize=60; 2 proc options option=pagesize; 3 run; SAS (r) Proprietary Software Release 7.XX.XXXXXXXXXXX PAGESIZE=60 Number of lines printed per page of output NOTE: PROCEDURE OPTIONS used:

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