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Is there a way to run a .sas file in the background?

gugukaka — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:43:07 GMT

Is there a way to run a .sas file in the background even when SAS EG is shut down and the PC is turned off? I'm currently looking for a way to do it on Linux.

Re: Is there a way to run a .sas file in the background?

SASKiwi — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:03:57 GMT

Yes, you run SAS in batch mode on a SAS server: https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=hostunx&docsetTarget=n0x9esc5c95qg4n1wogx5u2k7354.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en

The easiest way to do this is via a scheduling tool. Often this can be done using SAS Management Console which contains a Schedule Manager for setting up, running and scheduling SAS batch jobs: https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=scheduleug&docsetTarget=p1st3swwtt231jn1ramd8tsx9ijw.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en

Re: Is there a way to run a .sas file in the background?

gugukaka — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 07:08:08 GMT

The sas command cannot be found at this time. Is there another way in this case ??

Re: Is there a way to run a .sas file in the background?

Kurt_Bremser — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:15:38 GMT

Only if you are working with SAS on a remote server.

Make your code batch-runnable (direct exports instead of such done through the EG wizard, for one), and run it with the server's sasbatch.sh at the time of your choosing. If your server is included in a wider scheduling solution, use that.

So the next thing we need to know is your SAS setup. Number of tiers, operating systems, ...

Re: Is there a way to run a .sas file in the background?

Satish_Parida — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 09:20:28 GMT

On Linux, you can schedule a Cron and call you SAS using the SAS executable and YourProgram File as follows.

/u01/dev01sas/SAS9_4_HOME/SASFoundation/9.4/bin/sas_u8 YourProgram.sas

This is an example how to call a SAS program. This can be scheduled to run on back ground. Or you can call the command from a shell command window.

Please let us know if it helped.

Re: Is there a way to run a .sas file in the background?

SASKiwi — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 05:29:31 GMT

Please post what you actually typed in at the linux command line. On Unix typing ./sas instead of just sas will often work.

Re: Is there a way to run a .sas file in the background?

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 06:47:52 GMT

@gugukaka wrote:

The sas command cannot be found at this time. Is there another way in this case ??

If you get a message like

/usr/bin/bash: sas:  not found.

this means that the path to the SAS executable is not in your PATH environment variable.

If you have a BI Server setup (EG connects to SASApp or similar), then it's best to use

/sasconf/Lev1/SASApp/BatchServer/sasbatch.sh

to run your codes, as this will provide the same environment that your code uses in EG. Replace the first part (/sasconf) with the absolute (starts with /) path to your SAS configuration tree.