A SAS table in which the descriptor information add the rows are obtained from other files. A SAS data view contains only the descriptor and other information required to retrieve the data values from other SAS files. SAS log a file that contains the SAS statements you have submitted, messages about the execution of your program, and in some cases, output from the DATA step and from certain procedures. SAS names can be up to eight characters long. The first character must be a letter or an underscore.
Subsequent characters can be letters, numbers, or underscores.
SAS procedure a program accessed with a PROC statement that produces reports, manages files, or analyzes data. Many procedures are included with the SAS System. SAS program a group of SAS statements that guide the SAS System through a process or series of processes. SAS statement a string of SAS keywords, SAS names, and special characters and operators ending in a semicolon that instructs the SAS System to perform an operation or gives information to the SAS System. SAS table descriptor information and its related data values organized as a table of rows and columns that can be processed by the SAS System.