Using Dictionary Tables
Overview
Dictionary
tables are commonly used to monitor and manage SAS sessions because
the data is easier to manipulate than the output from procedures such
as PROC DATASETS.
Dictionary tables are
special, read-only SAS tables that contain information about SAS libraries,
SAS macros, and external files that are in use or available in the
current SAS session. Dictionary tables also contain the settings for
SAS system options and SAS titles and footnotes that are currently
in effect. For example, the Dictionary.Columns table contains information
(such as name, type, length, and format) about all columns in all
tables that are known to the current SAS session.
Dictionary tables are
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created each time they are referenced ...
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