SAS Format Catalog

An Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub Program of type SAS Format Catalog is intended to store a set of formats that are approved for reuse in a variety of SAS Programs.

You can group a set of formats with related functions in a single Catalog; for example, demography formats. In a SAS Format Catalog Program you can have two types of source code:

For Source Code of type Macro in any Program type, you must upload the source code, not the compiled binary file. The system compiles the macros defined in a Program before each execution of a Program's primary source code.

• Macro. A Source Code definition of type Macro to hold additional source code to support the format building steps. Set each macro's Sharable flag to Yes.
• Program. One or more Source Code definitions of type Program to test the formats. Set its Sharable flag to No. This Source Code must be listed in the first (primary) position so that Oracle LSH sends it to the SAS engine to test the formats.