Data Set Options by Category

Table 2.1: Categories and Descriptions of Data Set Options

Category SAS Data	Set Option	Description
Data Set Control	'ALTER= Data Set Option' on page 9	Assigns an alter password to a SAS file and enables access to a password-protected SAS file
	'BUFNO= Data Set Option' on page 10	Specifies the number of buffers to be allocated for processing a SAS data set
	'BUFSIZE= Data Set Option' on page 12	Specifies the permanent buffer page size for an output SAS data set
	'CNTLLEV= Data Set Option' on page 13	Specifies the level of shared access to SAS data sets
	'COMPRESS= Data Set Option' on page 14	Controls the compression of observations in an output SAS data set
	'DLDMGACTION= Data Set Option' on page 16	Specifies what type of action to take when a SAS data set in a SAS data library is detected as damaged
	'ENCODING= Data Set Option' on page 18	Overrides the encoding for processing a specific input or output SAS data set
	'ENCRYPT= Data Set Option' on page 18	Encrypts SAS data files
	'GENMAX= Data Set Option' on page 22	Requests generations for a data set and specifies the maximum number of versions
	'GENNUM= Data Set Option' on page 23	References a specific generation of a data set
	'INDEX= Data Set Option' on page 29	Defines indexes when a SAS data set is created
	'LABEL= Data Set Option' on page 31	Specifies a label for the SAS data set
	'OBSBUF= Data Set Option' on page 38	Determines the size of the view buffer for processing a DATA step view
	'OUTREP= Data Set Option' on page 40	Specifies the data representation for the output SAS data set
	'PW= Data Set Option' on page 43	Assigns a read, write, or alter password to a SAS file and enables access to a password-protected SAS file
	'PWREQ= Data Set Option' on page 44	Controls the pop up of a request or window for a data set password
	'READ= Data Set Option' on page 45	Assigns a read password to a SAS file and enables access to a read-protected SAS file
	'REPEMPTY= Data Set Option' on page 47	Controls replacement of like-named temporary or permanent SAS data sets when the new one is empty
	'REPLACE= Data Set Option' on page 48	Controls replacement of like-named temporary or permanent SAS data sets
	'REUSE= Data Set Option' on page 49	Specifies whether new observations are written to free space in compressed SAS data sets
	'SORTEDBY= Data Set Option' on page 50	Specifies how the data set is currently sorted
	'SORTSEQ= Data Set Option' on page 52	Specifies the collating sequence to be used by the SORT procedure
	'SPILL= Data Set Option' on page 52	Specifies whether to create a spill file for non-sequential processing of a DATA step view
	'TOBSNO= Data Set Option' on page 60	Specifies the number of observations to be transmitted in each multi-observation exchange with a SAS server
	'TYPE= Data Set Option' on page 60	Specifies the data set type for a specially structured SAS data set
	'WRITE= Data Set Option' on page 65	Assigns a write password to a SAS file and enables access to a write-protected SAS file
Miscellaneous	'FILECLOSE= Data Set Option' on page 20	Specifies how a tape is positioned when a SAS file on the tape is closed
Observation Control	'FIRSTOBS= Data Set Option' on page 20	Specifies which observation SAS processes first
	'IN= Data Set Option' on page 27	Creates a variable that indicates whether the data set contributed data to the current observation
	'OBS= Data Set Option' on page 32	Specifies when to stop processing observations
	'POINTOBS= Data Set Option' on page 42	Controls whether a compressed data set can be processed with random access (by observation number) rather than with sequential access only
	'WHERE= Data Set Option' on page 61	Selects observations that meet the specified condition
	'WHEREUP= Data Set Option' on page 63	Specifies whether to evaluate added observations and modified observations against a WHERE expression
User Control of SAS Index Usage	'IDXNAME= Data Set Option' on page 25	Directs SAS to use a specific index to satisfy the conditions of a WHERE expression
	'IDXWHERE= Data Set Option ' on page 26	Overrides the SAS decision about whether to use an index to satisfy the conditions of a WHERE expression
Variable Control	'DROP= Data Set Option' on page 17	Excludes variables from processing or from output SAS data sets
	'KEEP= Data Set Option' on page 30	Specifies variables for processing or for writing to output SAS data sets
	'RENAME= Data Set Option' on page 46	Changes the name of a variable