How to organize your files, whether SAS programs, data or output? The structure of your folders may vary depending on the type of work you undertake. Here are four suggestions.
Suggestion for Subdirectories
You may want to use the same subfolders for all your activities. Here are a few examples which could be used as starting point.
- data
- docum
- graphs
- images
- pgms
- reporting
Sorting by Module - Training Folder
You may want to create a tree structure for each course.
— training
— — <training name>
— — — <module no. _ module name>
— — — — <chapter no. _ chapter name>
— — — — — pgms
— — — — — etc.
Sorting by Years - Papers and Speaches
You may have to run some code in order to prepare for a presentation. In order to retrieve your work easily, you can sort the topics per year.
— public
— — <year>
— — — <topic>
— — — — pgms
— — — — etc.
Sorting by Development/Production/Validation Your Projects/Studies
You may want to have a development area, a validation area and a production area for each project.
— projects
— — dev
— — — <project name>
— — — — pgms
— — — — etc.
— — prod
— — val
Sorting by User for One-To-One Interactions
A colleague is asking you a question. You want to help someone on a forum. You may want to create a folder for each person you’re interacting with.
— community
— — <user name>
— — — pgms
— — — etc.