Date:         Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:51:43 -0700
Reply-To:     Myra Oltsik <my_sas_spot@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Myra Oltsik <my_sas_spot@YAHOO.COM>
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Subject:      Re: Setting ViewTable Default to Column Name
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Thanks, Scott. This did work.

Myra

smiller@WVMI.ORG (Miller, Scott) wrote in message
news:<28104505E922864884DCD9DA3C7956C9050490DD@wvmiexchg.wvmi.org>...
> this worked for mine v9 install:
>
> fyi:  if you want to see the column names instead of labels when you view a
dataset through the sas explorer, do the following:
>
> with the explorer window up, go to tools--options----explorer.  select
the 'members' tab.  you will see a list of library types.select the
type 'TABLE', and hit the edit button.  this will bring up a window
with a list
of actions.  select the '&open' action and hit the edit button.  it
should as
the default read as 'VIEWTABLE %8b.'%s'.DATA'.  change this to
'VIEWTABLE %8b.'%s'.DATA COLHEADING=NAME'.
click ok on the open windows, and when you open a dataset for viewing
in sas
explorer, you will see the column names instead of the column labels
as the
default selection.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SAS(r) Discussion [mailto:SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of Myra
> Oltsik
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:30 PM
> To: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: Setting ViewTable Default to Column Name
>
>
> I've just installed 9.1 (finally!!) on my machine. Sometime in the
> last 6 months I learned how to set the default to Column Name in the
> ViewTable instead of Column Label. I don't remember how to do it, and
> I don't remember if it was thru SAS-L or a SUGI proceedings. My search
> of both yielded no clues. Even the online help doesn't seem to give a
> straight-forward answer. Can someone please help?
>
> Thanks.
> Myra