Creating a SAS library, importing data

Creating a SAS library:

1. In the Explorer window, right click and select 'New'

2. In the 'New' window that opens, double-click 'Library'

3. In the 'New Library' window, fill in the name of a library and a path, as shown below. Also check the 'Enable at startup' box (shown unchecked here)

Importing a file from another application into a SAS library:

1. In SAS, select the 'File' pull-down menu and select 'Import Data'
2. In the Import Data Wizard, you first select the file format from the available list of formats, then click 'Next'
3. In the next screen, either enter the file pathname, or click the 'Browse' button to find and select the file and then click 'Next'
4. In the 'SAS Destination' window, click the pull-down list of library names and select the library that you created, as shown below. Then click 'Finish' to Import the data into a SAS file in the specified SAS library.