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II. SAS Windowing Environment
The 5 main SAS Windows and
what they do
SAS provides windows for accomplishing
all the basic SAS tasks you need to do. When you first start SAS software,
the 5 main SAS windows open are: the Explorer, Results, Editor, Log, and
Output. However, your screen will only be showing the Explorer, Editor,
and Log windows as follows:
In the Explorer window, you can view and manage your SAS files and create
shortcuts to non-SAS files. Use this window to create new libraries and
SAS files, open any SAS files and perform most file management tasks such
as moving, copying and deleting files.
The Log window displays messages
about your SAS session and any SAS program you submit.
In the Editor window, you enter,
edit, and submit SAS programs. To open your SAS programs, click in the
Editor window then from the File menu choose Open to select your SAS program.
In the Output window, you can
browse output from SAS programs you submit. By default, the Output window
is positioned behind the Editor and Log window. When you create output,
the Output window automatically moves to the front of your display.
The Results window helps you
navigate and manage output from the SAS program you submit. You can view,
save, and print individual items of output. By default the Results window
is positioned behind the Explorer window and is empty until you submit
a SAS program that creates output. Then it moves to the front of your
display.
SAS windows features
Manage your SAS windows
In the Windows environment,
you can send a window that you aren't using to the SAS task bar or
display a window that is currently not visible. Click on the Minimize button
(first of the 3 buttons in top right corner of window) in the Editor window
or click on the Editor button in the SAS windows bar (bottom row of buttons),
as shown below:
This puts the Editor window in the SAS task bar. Your screen will
look like:
Click on the Editor button again to restore the Editor window.
Likewise to display the Results
Window which is currently not visible, click on the Results button on
the SAS task bar and you will see the Explorer window replaced
by the Results window as below:
Menus
Each window in the workspace
has its own menu selections that reflect the actions you can perform using
the window. Click the Explorer window and select the View menu. You
get the following options to change how your icons or files are displayed
in the Explorer window.
Now click the Editor window and again select the View menu. Notice
that it offers different selections:
Command bar
The command bar, directly below
the menu, is where you can type in SAS commands. Most of the commands
that you can type in the command bar are also accessible through the pull-down
menus or the tool bar.
Toolbar
The toolbar displays icons
for many of the SAS tasks you perform most often. Some tools are specific
to the active window. Click the Explorer window and view the icons that
are available on the toolbar. Notice that currently unavailable icons
are grayed. To see what a tool is, move your mouse pointer to the tool
and hold it there for a moment. A Screen Tip displays the name of the
tool.
Now click the Editor window and view the icons available.
Note: If you have divided your screen between the browser window and SAS
window, then you will not see all the tools available for each window.
To see more of the tool bar on your divided screen, place your cursor
in the tool bar window on the vertical line to the right of the command
bar. When you see the double arrow, drag your cursor to the left.
The command bar will get smaller and more tools will appear on the
tool bar menu.
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