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Craft Beard
Craft Beard

Reputation: 477

SAS LIBNAME a directory containing folders with datasets

I was wondering if I could libname a directory containing serveral folders with datasets I need.

The directory looks like this:

Directory_A
--Directory_B
----Dataset_1.sas7bdat
--Directory_C
----Dataset_2.sas7bdat
----Dataset_3.sas7bdat
--Directory_D
----Dataset_4.sas7bdat

Cheers.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1176

Answers (1)

Allan Bowe
Allan Bowe

Reputation: 12701

You cannot point a library at a parent folder and automatically display all the subfolder contents, however you can configure a "concatenated libname" with each of the individual subfolders like so:

libname yourlib ('Directory_B' 'Directory_C' 'Directory D');

You can also mix and match with existing librefs, eg:

libname yourlib ('Directory_B' librefX 'Directory C');

for more info, see documentation.

Upvotes: 4

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