How can I access my existing SAS7BDAT files in Altair SLC?
Altair EmployeeAltair SLC provides some support for SAS7BDAT files to assist you in migrating to Altair SLC for all your SAS language programming needs.
You can use SAS7BDAT datasets directly in Altair SLC. (Strictly speaking you can read and/or write a whole SAS7BDAT data set but you cannot insert or append an existing SAS7BDAT dataset).
If you have a directory/folder of .sas7bdat files then you can use a libname step to gain access to those datasets, e.g.:
libname my_sas SAS7BDAT 'C:\Data\sasfiles';
Then you can refer to a dataset file called LIST.SAS7BDAT within that library using the usual SAS language notation, e.g.:
data PEOPLE;
set my_sas.LIST;
run;
Similarly you can work with a library of .wpd files like this:
libname my_wpd WPD 'C:\Data\wpdfiles';
WPD is the Altair dataset file format.
If you don't specify WPD or SAS7BDAT then the following logic holds:If the folder/directory contains only .sas7bdat files then SAS7BDAT is assumed. If the folder/directory contains only .wpd files then WPD is assumed. If there are no files or a mix of files then BASEENGINE is used.
The system option BASEENGINE is set to WPD by default but can be changed by setting the following option in your config file:
-BASEENGINE SAS7BDAT