Profile Catalog


Definition

Profile catalog (Sasuser.Profile)
   

is a catalog that is available for customizing the way you work with SAS. SAS uses this catalog to store function key definitions, fonts for graphics applications, window attributes, and other information from interactive windowing procedures.

How the Information Is Used

The information in the Sasuser.Profile catalog is accessed automatically by SAS when you need it for processing. For example, each time you enter the KEYS window and change the settings, SAS stores the new settings with the KEYS entry type. Similarly, if you change and save the attributes for interactive window procedures, the changes are stored under the appropriate entry name and type. When you use the window or procedure, SAS then looks for information in the Profile catalog.

How Sasuser.Profile Is Created

SAS creates the Profile catalog the first time it tries to refer to it and discovers that it does not exist. If you are using an interactive windowing environment, this occurs during system initialization in your first SAS session. If you use one of the other modes of execution, the Profile catalog is created the first time you execute a SAS procedure that requires it.

Operating Environment Information: The Sasuser library is implemented differently in various operating environments. See the SAS documentation for your host system for more information about how the SAS user library is created.

Default Settings

The default settings for your SAS session are stored in several catalogs in the Sashelp installation library. If you do not make any changes to key settings or other options, SAS uses the default settings. If you make changes, the new information is stored in your Profile catalog. To restore the original default settings, use the CATALOG procedure or the CATALOG window to delete the appropriate entries from your Profile catalog. By default, SAS then uses the corresponding entry from the Sashelp library.

During SAS sessions, you can make customizations, such as window resizing and positioning, and save them to Sasuser.Profile. If your Profile catalog is locked or corrupted, the customizations will be saved in Work.Profile instead of in Sasuser.Profile. The following notes will appear in the SAS log:

 NOTE: Unable to open SASUSER.PROFILE. WORK.PROFILE will be opened instead.   NOTE: All profile changes will be lost at the end of the session. 

The notes will appear at invocation and again the first time the SAS session writes a member to the WORK.PROFILE catalog.




SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference. Concepts
SAS 9.1.3 Language Reference: Concepts, Third Edition, Volumes 1 and 2
ISBN: 1590478401
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 258

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