Objective of this page is
to discuss about various options in SAS that can be set locally to
control the way SAS process data or display output.
SAS system options control
many aspects of your SAS session, including the efficiency of program
execution, and the attributes of SAS files and data libraries. These
options come with default values supplied by SAS or set locally.
Some of these options are often used.
FIRSTOBS=: causes SAS
to begin reading at a specified observation in a data set. If SAS is
processing a file of raw data, this option forces SAS to begin reading
at a specified line of data. The default is firstobs=1.
Usage: options
firstobs=3;
OBS= : specifies the last
observation from a data set or the last record from a raw data file
that SAS is to read. To return to using all observations in a data set
use obs=max. This is used when we wanted to read only a few records
from large dataset for testing purposes.
Usage: options obs=10
; options obs=max ;
NODATE= : suppresses
the printing of date and time to the log and output window. By default,
the date and time is always printed
Usage: options
nodate ;
COMPRESS=: Compresses the
SAS dataset being created. COMPRESS is a great space saver . Whenever
we work with large data files make sure that this option is explicitly
specified as it compressed the dataset up to 65% of its original size.
Usage: options
compress =yes|No ;
ERRORS= : controls the
maximum number of observations for which complete error messages are
printed. The default maximum number of complete error messages is
errors=20.
Usage: options errors =100;
There are a few other
options that help to control the way SAS processes data. Please consult
the SAS help for a complete list.
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