Chapter 16
Introduction to the SAS
Windowing Environment
What Is the SAS Windowing Environment? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Main Windows in the SAS Windowing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Overview of SAS Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
SAS Explorer Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Enhanced Editor Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Log Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Results Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Output Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Navigating in the SAS Windowing Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Overview of SAS Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Menus in SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Toolbars in SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
The Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Getting Help in SAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Type Help in the Command Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Open the Help Menu from the Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Click Help in Individual SAS Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
List of SAS Windows and Window Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
What Is the SAS Windowing Environment?
SAS provides a graphical user interface that makes SAS easier to use. Collectively, all
the windows in SAS are called the SAS windowing environment.
The SAS windowing environment contains the windows that you use to create SAS
programs. However, you also find other windows that enable you to manipulate data or
change your SAS settings without writing a single line of code.
You might find the SAS windowing environment a convenient alternative to writing a
SAS program when you want to work with a SAS data set, or control some aspect of
your SAS session.
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