https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712980#M219885 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/361272">@sas_it</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P>How to get the input from the user in sas programming?&nbsp;</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Sorry, but this is not enough information. The answer depends on the client used to execute the code. The %window-macro, mentioned by <a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/226565">@japelin</a> will only work, if you are using SAS Display Manager and not when Enterprise Guide or SAS Studio is used. Both have their own way of defining parameters.</P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:52:41 GMT andreas_lds 2021-01-21T05:52:41Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712976#M219881 <P>How to get the input from the user in sas programming?&nbsp;</P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:22:27 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712976#M219881 sas_it 2021-01-21T05:22:27Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712979#M219884 <P>In what situation?<BR />1.Assigning values directly in a program.<BR />2.Specifying a value using a cards statement.<BR />3.Use %WINDOW statement to display a dialog and reflect user input to the program (like a command prompt).<BR />4.Others?</P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:44:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712979#M219884 japelin 2021-01-21T05:44:54Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712980#M219885 <BLOCKQUOTE><HR /><a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/361272">@sas_it</a>&nbsp;wrote:<BR /> <P>How to get the input from the user in sas programming?&nbsp;</P> <HR /></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Sorry, but this is not enough information. The answer depends on the client used to execute the code. The %window-macro, mentioned by <a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/226565">@japelin</a> will only work, if you are using SAS Display Manager and not when Enterprise Guide or SAS Studio is used. Both have their own way of defining parameters.</P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:52:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712980#M219885 andreas_lds 2021-01-21T05:52:41Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712981#M219886 <P>Clarification needed about the situation:</P> <P>- Should the program run On Line or Batch?</P> <P>- Should the program run on the user's PC or on differen PCs ?</P> <P>- What sas platform is used? SAS EG? other?</P> <P>- How much information the user needs to deliver to the program?</P> <P>&nbsp; short parameter? a long string? a file?</P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 05:53:26 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712981#M219886 Shmuel 2021-01-21T05:53:26Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712983#M219888 <P>Program should run in batch on use's PC using SAS enterprise guide. The large amount of information will be read from the file.</P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 06:05:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712983#M219888 sas_it 2021-01-21T06:05:48Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712990#M219894 <P>As much as I know, when a user uses SAS Enterprise Guide, the program is kept on the server, it runs on the server (not on the user's PC) and the input file should be on a device accessible to the server - it can be on a remote computer.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>The user need be able to update the FILENAME statement to point at the desired file and then submit the program to run.</P> Thu, 21 Jan 2021 07:19:05 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Getting-the-input-from-the-user-in-sas-programming/m-p/712990#M219894 Shmuel 2021-01-21T07:19:05Z