The following features are new or enhanced for SAS 9.3:
A SAS/GRAPH license is no longer required for ODS Graphics. The Graph Template Language (GTL), the ODS Graphics Procedures, the ODS Graphics Editor, and the ODS Graphics Designer are now all available with Base SAS software.
HTML is now the default destination in the SAS windowing environment for Windows and UNIX operating environments.
HTMLBlue is the new default HTML style when running SAS in windowing mode for the Windows and UNIX operating environments.
Adobe Type1 fonts are now supported and can be added to the SAS registry.
Rules for naming SAS data sets, SAS data views, and item stores have been expanded to allow special characters and national characters.
The new data set option EXTENDOBSCOUNTER= creates an enhanced file format that counts observations beyond the 32-bit long integer maximum.
Optimizing WHERE conditions with an index is improved with the enhanced SUBSTR (left of=) function.
A new JMP engine allows you to quickly and easily read your JMP data tables into SAS.
Enhancements to Universal Printing provide more ways for you to customize output and create higher quality results.
Checkpoint mode and restart mode now support labeled code sections.
A SAS/GRAPH license is no longer required for ODS Graphics. The Graph Template Language (GTL), the ODS Graphics Procedures, the ODS Graphics Editor, and the ODS Graphics Designer are now all available with Base SAS software. The documentation for these products is now included in the Base SAS node in the SAS 9.3 Help and Documentation. For more information about these applications, refer to the documentation below:
Beginning with SAS 9.3, the LISTING destination is turned off and the HTML destination is turned on by default when running SAS in windowing mode for the Windows and UNIX operating environments.
The new default HTML style is HTMLBlue when running SAS in windowing mode for the Windows and UNIX operating environments. This style enhances default output by offering a view that is optimized for display on a computer screen. The new all-color style is ideal for statistical graphics because it provides superior color coordination between graphs and tables, using colors to differentiate between groups.
Using an index for WHERE processing is enhanced for the SUBSTR (left of=) function in a WHERE condition.
The in a SAS data file is the total number of observations (rows) that are currently in the file combined with the number of deleted observations. The maximum number of observations that can be counted for a file is determined by the long integer data type size for the operating environment. The new EXTENDOBSCOUNTER= option requests an extended file format for an output SAS data file that counts observations beyond the 32-bit long maximum.
A new LIBNAME engine enables you to read and write JMP files in a Base SAS session.
New rules for naming SAS data sets, SAS data views, and item stores accommodate special characters and national characters.
Batch programs that terminate before completing can be resubmitted starting at labeled code sections if checkpoint mode and restart mode for labeled code sections is enabled.
If the CHKPTCLEAN system option is set and your batch program completes successfully, the contents of the Work library are erased.