The use of a SAS SG procedure (such as PROC SGPLOT) or ODS Graphics with the USER system option results in the following error message:

Error: Unable to establish ODS Graphics context

The error can occur in these circumstances:

• You set the USER system option. Here is an example:

   options user=libref;

• You use a LIBNAME statement to define a libref that is named USER. Here is an example:

libname user "//file-path";

• You use both the USER system option and a LIBNAME statement as described in the previous bullet. 

To circumvent the issue, either modify your SAS code to use a technique that does not involve the USER system option, or define a libref to have a name that is other than USER.