topic Re: What is source or source2 in SAS Programming

What is source or source2

GN0001 — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:08:25 GMT

Hello all,
Can anyone explain about source source 2?
What is the impact of using it?
Regards
Blueblue

ballardw — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 01:15:43 GMT

These are system options that provide some additional control over what gets written to the log.

Source says to show submitted code in the log.

Source2 typically is set to show code that runs from an %include file

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:33:11 GMT

Maxim1: Read the Documentation.

GN0001 — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 05:09:00 GMT

Thanks for the response.

I couldn't understand source. Why do we use it if this option doesn't write to SAS Log?

Regards,

blueblue

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 16 Jul 2021 06:45:51 GMT

SOURCE is on by default (SOURCE2 is not).

options nosource;

is used the suppress the writing of code to the log,

options source;

turns it back on.

Enterprise Guide (e.g.) does this for part of the code it sends before every execution.