topic Re: determine number of times a SAS dataset has been read or accessed in SAS Data Management

determine number of times a SAS dataset has been read or accessed

alandool — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 10:24:15 GMT

Greetings,

I am trying to determine how often or if a SAS dataset is being used (read / accessed). Is there a way to tell how many times a dataset has been read / accessed? I have checked the results from proc contents and proc dataset but I do not see anything obvious that will tell me. Using the last access date will not give me enough information.

Alan

Re: determine number of times a SAS dataset has been read or accessed

LinusH — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 10:53:01 GMT

Ur you are referring to a normal SAS data set, this nothing that SAS keeps track on. SAS data sets are just OS files and kanbe accessed in various ways.
Your operating system might hold this information.

Re: determine number of times a SAS dataset has been read or accessed

Kurt_Bremser — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 12:14:57 GMT

For this, you best activate the operating system's auditing subsystem. It detects any access, even one done outside of SAS (eg copy the file).

Re: determine number of times a SAS dataset has been read or accessed

alandool — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 22:21:59 GMT

Hi LinusH and KurtBremser,

Thank you for your input. Very much appreciated.

Alan