a name that is temporarily associated with a SAS data library. The complete name of a SAS file consists of two words, separated by a period. The libref, which is the first word, indicates the library. The second word is the name of the specific SAS file. For example, in VLIB.NEWBDAY, the libref VLIB tells SAS where to look to find the file NEWBDAY.
the name temporarily associated with a SAS data library. You assign a libref with a LIBNAME statement or with operating environment control language. The libref is the first-level name of a two-level name. For example, A is the libref in the two-level name A.B. The default libref is WORK unless the USER libref is defined. See also the entry for USER library.
a name by which you reference the file in your application
a temporary name that you associate with the physical name of the SAS data library during each SAS job or session
a library reference name. The logical name for a SAS data library . The libref can be up to eight characters long. The first character must be a letter or an underscore. Subsequent characters can be letters, numeric digits, or underscores. Blanks and special characters are not allowed.
the name that is temporarily associated with a SAS data library. For example, in the name SASUSER.ACCOUNTS, the name SASUSER is the libref. To assign a libref, you use either the SAS LIBNAME statement or your operating system control language.
a name that is temporarily associated with a SAS data library. For example, in the name SASUSERS.ACCOUNTS, the name SASUSER is the libref. You assign a libref with a LIBNAME statement or with an operating system command.
the name temporarily associated with a SAS data library. For example, in the name SASUSERS.ACCOUNTS, the name SASUSER is the libref. You assign a libref with a LIBNAME statement or with operating system control language. See also first-level name.
an arbitrary name that you make up to symbolically represent a SAS library.
