SQL views evaluate the data in the tables underlying the view’s definition when they’re queried. So, the benefit of using SQL views is that they always return the latest data.

Overview You may want to view the contents of DICTIONARY tables to see information about your current SAS session, prior to actually using the table in a SAS DATA step or a SAS procedure. Because ...

A view is a saved T-SQL query in SQL Server. The view definition is stored by SQL Server so that it can be used as a virtual table to simplify queries and add a layer of security to your base ...

The DICTIONARY tables component is specified in the FROM clause of a SELECT statement. DICTIONARY is a reserved libref for use only in PROC SQL. Data from DICTIONARY tables are generated at run time.