SAS Program and Source Code Types
Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub supports three types of SAS Programs and handles each one differently during execution:
SAS Macro Catalogs and SAS Format Catalogs can be referenced by primary or secondary Source Code instances in a SAS Program and are compiled each time the Program is executed, before the primary Source Code is launched.
- SAS Program
Define an Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub Program of type SAS Program to hold the source code of a normal SAS program that manipulates data or generates one or more reports. - SAS Macro Catalog
An Oracle Life Sciences Data Hub Program of type SAS Macro Catalog is intended to store a set of macros that are approved for reuse in a variety of SAS Programs. - 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.
Parent topic: Defining SAS Programs