SAS(R) 9.1.3 Companion for z/OS

See Also
FORMAT Procedure
3 “FONTSLOC= System Option” on page 444
3 Base SAS Procedures Guide
Creates user-defined formats and informats
z/OS specifics: LIBRARY= option in the PROC FORMAT statement
Details
Procedures under z/OS ITEMS Procedure 317
To create a new format, specify a valid libref as the value of the LIBREF= option. This
creates a new format in the SAS System 9 style in the FORMATS catalog. The
FORMATS catalog is stored in the SAS System 9 SAS data library that is identified by
the LIBRARY= option.
In SAS System 9, you can no longer write Version 5 formats to a load library by
using a DDname as the value of the LIBRARY= option. You can read Version 5 formats,
but you cannot write them.
See Also
ITEMS Procedure
3 Base SAS Procedures Guide
Builds, reads, and writes SAS itemstores
z/OS specifics: all
Syntax
PROC ITEMS NAME=member;
Details
An itemstore is a SAS data set that is made up of independently accessible chunks of
information. SAS uses itemstores for online help, where the SAS help browser accesses
an itemstore in the SASHELP library. You can use the ITEMS procedure to create,
modify, and browse your own itemstores, which you can then access through the SAS
help browser.
The contents of an itemstore are divided into directories, subdirectories, and topics.
The directory tree structure emulates that of UNIX System Services, so that a given
help topic is identified by a directory path (root_dir/sub_dir/item). This hierarchical
structure allows the SAS help browser to support HTML links between help topics.