USER Data Library

You can use one-level names for permanent SAS data sets by specifying a USER data library. You can assign a USER data library with a LIBNAME statement or with the SAS system option USER=. After you specify a USER data library, the procedure assumes that data sets with one-level names are in the USER data library instead of the WORK data library.

For example, the following PROC PRINT step assumes that DEBATE is in the USER data library:

options user='SAS-data-library';
proc print data=debate;
run;