topic Re: make a code wait in SAS Programming

make a code wait

nickspencer — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:10:28 GMT

Hi,
How do make a sas code wait for 2 hours before it executes? For example I have the below code.
data want;
set sashelp.cars;
run;
I do not want to execute this logic when I start the code rather wait for 2 hours. What options do I add? I will be running the code in grid.

Any suggestions or sample code is appreciated ?

Thanks,
Nick

Re: make a code wait

Reeza — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:12:49 GMT

SLEEP() but you may also need to consider triggers and more complicated execution paths on a grid server.
https://documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&cdcVersion=9.4_3.5&docsetId=lefunctionsref&docsetTarget=p0a6vn2td7bjr2n1viy8y4lgvq61.htm&locale=en

Re: make a code wait

SASKiwi — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 20:17:19 GMT

If this is to run code outside of "normal" hours then why not consider scheduling your SAS program for the time you want so it runs automatically?