topic How to Batch Two SAS Files Sequentially? in SAS Programming

How to Batch Two SAS Files Sequentially?

Junyong — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:01:20 GMT

I want to run the following a.sas and b.sas in a sequential way.

data a;
a=1;
run;
proc export file="!userprofile\desktop\a.csv";
run;

data b;
b=1;
run;
proc export file="!userprofile\desktop\b.csv";
run;

I wrote a batch file ab.bat to run them and found that this batch opens the second parallel SAS session before finishing the first one.

"%programfiles%\sashome\sasfoundation\9.4\sas" %userprofile%\desktop\a.sas -nolog
"%programfiles%\sashome\sasfoundation\9.4\sas" %userprofile%\desktop\b.sas -nolog

Unlike this MWE, my SAS files are dependent. How can I run the two SAS files non-simultaneously?

Re: How to Batch Two SAS Files Sequentially?

ballardw — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 18:07:50 GMT

If you don't want to put all of the code in a single file you can use a single program to include the program files. Basically a single program file that looks like the following (where path is appropriate for your operating system). The path is generally best if starting at a drive or disk mount and not a relative path.

%include "<path>\a.sas";

%include "<path>\b.sas";

Re: How to Batch Two SAS Files Sequentially?

Junyong — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:17:09 GMT

Thanks, but I wondered if I can do this with batch files due to this reason—to avoid possible interference.