The SAS data source component (DSC) is a write-only CDSC that writes SAS data files in the SAS version 7 for Windows, standard-extension format. These types of files have a .sas7bdat extension.

The internal name of this DSC is mrSasDsc.

The SAS DSC cannot append data to an existing SAS data file. You can specify that you want to overwrite an existing data file that has the same name by setting the AllowOverwrite property (see Properties and settings used by SAS DSC).

The SAS DSC also writes a SAS program (.sas) file immediately after writing the SAS data file. The SAS program file specifies the user-defined formats for SAS variables that correspond to UNICOM Intelligence Metadata Model (MDM) categorical and boolean variables, and can be used by SAS products to read the data file. For more information about SAS formats, see Variable definitions.

The SAS program file is written to the same directory as the SAS data file and, except for the extension, has the same name as the data file.

Warning: The SAS DSC always overwrites an existing SAS program file that has the same name as the program file to be written.