The SAS Explorer Options dialog box enables you to change the actions available for any data type, as well as customise the contents of the Explorer dialog box. You can use the window to edit or hide members, catalog entries, host files, or metadata servers. You can also add or remove host file types.
An example of this would be to double click on a Format catalog in the SAS explorer window and get a description of the format displayed in the Output window.
You will find that the SAS Explorer Options interface will look slightly different between SASŪ 8 and SASŪ9 although the functionality is very similar.
Select the SAS Explorer window then from the pull down menu select Tools ' Options ' Explorer.
In SAS®9 select the 'Entries' tab, for SASŪ 8 select 'Catalog Entries' from the drop down list.
Scroll down to the catalog entry type of FORMAT and select EDIT. In the Format options window select ADD.
Type the following syntax in the boxes provided.
Action: Display FORMAT in the output window
Action Command: GSUBMIT "PROC FORMAT library=%8b page; /*%32b*/ select %32b; RUN; QUIT;"
For character FORMATS use the following syntax:
Action: Display character FORMAT in the output window
Action Command: GSUBMIT "PROC FORMAT library=%8b page; /*%32b*/ select $%32b; RUN; QUIT;"
Note: Character formats require a $ sign.
Informats require a @ sign.
%8b = valid SAS library name (8-byte SAS name allowed)
%32b = valid SAS member name (32-byte SAS name allowed)
Important: As in the example above the '%..' substitutions are separated by SAS code so be careful to substitute the parameters in the correct order. Enter the %8b string for the library name, the commented %32b string to keep the place value for the catalog name and the second %32b for the catalog entry.
For host files, enter the following string for filename substitution into the command: '%s' = quoted string.
E.g. GSUBMIT 'filename temp '%s';
For library members, enter the following string for library name, member name, and entry type substitution into the command, respectively:
E.g. KEYS %8b.%32b.%32b
For catalog entries types, enter the following string for library name, catalog name, catalog entry name, and entry type substitution into the command, respectively:
E.g. BUILD %8b.%32b.%32b.%8b
