SAS/ACCESS 9.2 for Relational Databases: Reference, Fourth Edition

Data Set Options for Relational Databases 4 SESSIONS= Data Set Option 369Syntax Descriptionsegment-namespecifies the name of the segment in which to create a table.SESSIONS= Data Set OptionSpecifies how many Teradata sessions to be logged on when using FastLoad, FastExport, orMultiload.Default value:noneValid in: DATA and PROC steps (when creating and appending to DBMS tables usingSAS/ACCESS software)DBMS support:TeradataSyntaxSESSIONS=number-of-sessionsSyntax Descriptionnumber-of-sessionsspecifies a numeric value that indicates the number of sessions to be logged on.DetailsWhen reading data with FastExport or loading data with FastLoad and MultiLoad, youcan request multiple sessions to increase throughput. Using large values might notnecessarily increase throughput due to the overhead associated with sessionmanagement. Check whether your site has any recommended value for the number ofsessions to use. See your Teradata documentation for details about using multiplesessions.ExampleThis example uses SESSIONS= in a LIBNAME statement to request that fivesessions be used to load data with FastLoad.libname x teradata user=prboni pw=prboni;proc delete data=x.test;run;data x.test(FASTLOAD=YES SESSIONS=2);i=5;run;