SAS 9.3 Intelligence Platform: Data Administration Guide, Second ...

28 Chapter 2 / Connecting to Common Data Sources
3 Enter an appropriate library name in the Name field. Click Next.
4 Select an application server from the list, and use the right arrow to assign the
application server. This step makes the library available to the server and makes the
library visible to users of the server. Click Next.
5 Specify a libref on the library properties page. You can also click Advanced
Options to perform tasks such as pre-assignment. Pre-assigning a library is
valuable if your clients include SAS Enterprise Guide or SAS Add-In for Microsoft
Office. For more information, see “Assigning Libraries” on page 99. Click Next to
access the next page of the wizard.
6 On the server and connection page, select the database server from the previous
stage. Contact your database administrator if you are unsure of the correct value for
the schema field. Click Next.
7 Examine the final page of the wizard to ensure that the proper values have been
entered. Click Finish to save the library settings. At this point, register tables as
explained in “Registering and Verifying Tables” on page 91.
Establishing Connectivity to a Library of
SAS Data Sets
Register the Base SAS Library
The following figure provides a logical view of accessing a library of SAS data sets.