What does the Excel workbook become when using SAS/ACCESS to read its data?

When using SAS/ACCESS to read data from an Excel workbook, the workbook is treated as a library within SAS. This means that SAS establishes a connection to the Excel file and allows access to its contents as if they were located in a traditional SAS library. Each worksheet in the Excel workbook can then be accessed as if it were a SAS data set.

The notion of a library in SAS encompasses a collection of data sets (which include the sheets of the workbook), proving the capability to manage and manipulate the data seamlessly using SAS procedures and functions. By treating the Excel workbook as a library, users can apply various data handling techniques provided by SAS to the contained data, facilitating integration with other datasets and analyses.

The other options do not accurately describe the outcome of using SAS/ACCESS with Excel. A new data set would imply that the data is isolated to a singular data structure, while a name literal refers to a specific SAS feature relating to variable names. The choice of "None of the above" would imply that no understanding of SAS/ACCESS data handling is correct, which does not reflect the accurate outcome of the operation.