Chapter 5: Using External Files

About External Files

External files are files that contain data or text, such as SAS programming statements, records of raw data, or procedure output. SAS can use these files, but they are not managed by SAS.

SAS Language Reference: Concepts contains basic, platform-independent information on external files.

For information on how to access external files containing transport data libraries, see the SAS Customer Support Center Web page, http://support.sas.com.