SAS Metadata

Contents

Labels

Labels can be permanently applied to a data table through the label statement in a data step.

data LIBREF.TABLE;
  label VAR1="Label with up to 256 characters"
        VAR2="Multiple labels per statement";
run;

Note that proc print shows column names, not labels. To override this behavior, use the label option therein.

The most basic way to inspect metadata is with proc contents.

proc contents data=LIBREF.TABLE;
run;