The message "ERROR: OPEN is aborted for file . No memory for data buffers" occurs in SAS® 9.4M5 (TS1M5) and later


If you receive the following error in SAS 9.4M5 and later, you need to decrease the setting for SAS system option FILEBUFNO.

ERROR: OPEN is aborted for file <file-name>. No memory for data buffers.

The default setting for SAS system option FILEBUFNO is FILEBUFNO=5. Depending on the job, you might need to change the setting to 1, 2, 3 or 4.

For more information, see FILEBUFNO= System Option: z/OS in SAS® 9.4 Companion for z/OS, Sixth Edition. This system option is valid in a configuration file, at SAS Invocation, an OPTIONS statement, and a SAS system options window.