The LIBDEF macro generates a LIBNAME statement.
%LIBDEF (libref,<SAS-data-library>,
<READONLY>, <RETRY>, <ENGINE=>local-engine,
<RENGINE=remote-engine >,
<RMTVIEW=remote-engine-RMTVIEW=-option>,
<SLIBREF=server-library>, <uapw>,
<APPLSYS=appl-sys-lib-table>);
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The
LIBDEF macro generates a LIBNAME statement to define
a SAS data library that will be accessed locally or through a server. The
server administrator can specify a physical name or a reserved libref in the
APPLSYS macro library. If the physical name is specified, the server administrator
must supply it as the second argument to this macro; the physical name should
not be enclosed in quotes. If a libref is specified, the administrator must
omit the second argument.
If you specify a physical name that is not specified
in the APPLSYS macro library, a LIBNAME statement is generated without the
SERVER= option.
-
READONLY
- specifies that the server library be accessed
in read-only mode.
-
RETRY
- If a LIBNAME statement specifying the SERVER=
option fails, LIBDEF generates a LIBNAME statement without the SERVER= option.
-
ENGINE=
- specifies the local engine to be used in
the user's session to access the library. The default is ENGINE=REMOTE.
Omit this parameter unless you need to override the default engine.
-
RENGINE=
- specifies the remote engine to be used in
the server session to access the library. There is no default for this parameter.
SAS chooses an appropriate engine. Omit this parameter unless you need to
override the engine that is chosen by SAS.
-
RMTVIEW=
- specifies the value of the REMOTE engine's
RMTVIEW= option in the LIBNAME statement that the LIBDEF macro generates.
This parameter can be used to override the default value of this option for
a specific library. This parameter overrides the RMTVIEW= parameter to the
SERVINFO and SERVLIB macros.
-
SLIBREF=
- specifies the libref that references the
specified library in the server session. If this parameter is specified,
the generated LIBNAME statement will include the SLIBREF= option. This parameter
overrides any value that is specified for the SAS-data-library
argument to the LIBDEF macro statement.
- uapw
- specifies that a user can access the server
only by supplying a password.
-
APPLSYS=
- specifies a new application system library
table to be loaded. This argument is ignored if the table has already been
specified in the SHRMACS call or in a previous LIBDEF call.
After executing the LIBDEF macro, the automatic macro
variable SYSLIBRC contains the return code from the LIBNAME statement. See SAS Guide to Macro Processing
for more information about automatic macro variables.
%libdef(mylib,SAS-data-library,applsys=qa); %libdef(perm,SAS-data-library,readonly,retry,myuserpw);
%libdef(datalib);
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