topic Re: Outputing log into file and log window in SAS Programming

Outputing log into file and log window

Jedrzej — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 08:39:17 GMT

Hi,

Is there a possibility that log can be outputed into txt file and also that it will be written into te sas log window ?

i've tried to copy witth altlog but without success.

proc printto log='destination';run;
option altlog=log;

Re: Outputing log into file and log window

PeterClemmensen — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 08:49:25 GMT

filename mylog 'YourPathHere\log.txt';

proc printto log=mylog;
run;

/* Some SAS Code */
data MyData;
   set sashelp.class;
run;

proc print data=MyData;
run;

Re: Outputing log into file and log window

Jedrzej — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 08:54:03 GMT

how do you resolve my problem with this ? you just print one data step.

Re: Outputing log into file and log window

PeterClemmensen — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 08:56:58 GMT

Ah sorry, I missed the point here. I think the easiest is to use the ALTLOG System Option at startup in your Autoexec file.

Otherwise, here is a thread with alternative solutions 🙂

https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Outputting-log-to-two-locations/td-p/301336

Re: Outputing log into file and log window

Quentin — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 10:40:42 GMT

Agree, ALTLOG must be specified at startup. You can't use it in an options statement.

If you think it would be useful to be able to specify ALTLOG in an options statement, please add your vote to this ballot idea I submitted a few years back: https://communities.sas.com/t5/SASware-Ballot-Ideas/Allow-ALTLOG-to-be-specified-on-OPTIONS-statement/idi-p/219628

Re: Outputing log into file and log window

Jedrzej — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:14:04 GMT

so how to use altlog ? can your write a syntax example ?

Re: Outputing log into file and log window

Quentin — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 11:30:42 GMT

Since altlog can only be turned on when SAS is invoked, it depends on how your are running SAS.

If you have PC SAS, you can add -altlog "c:\mylog" to your SAS configuration file, which is a file like C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\9.4\nls\en\sasv9.cfg. Or you can add -altlog "c:\mylog" to the icon you click to start a SAS session. It's similar for other OS.

The challenge is if you're using something like EG or SAS studio to connect to a SAS server, you would likely need to talk with your administrator, as they control configuration options that are applied when SAS starts.