topic Enterprise Guide: Order of Execution in SAS Programming

Enterprise Guide: Order of Execution

davehalltwp — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 21:08:55 GMT

I have seen this question asked and answered many different times in many different places. But in all my years I've never known a programmer who seems in practice to really know.

So, is there a simple way to control the order of execution of the objects in a batch EGP? It seems the execute by default in the order they were added. So there is an order. I just don't know how...

Re: SAS Enterprise Order of Execution

andreas_lds — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 06:16:57 GMT

The order of execution is defined by the order in the process-flow, not by the order in the process tree. To ensure proper execution order, connecting the programs is recommended.

Re: SAS Enterprise Order of Execution

davehalltwp — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 10:37:45 GMT

Thank you. I understand that. But I don’t know how to do it.

Re: SAS Enterprise Order of Execution

davehalltwp — Wed, 09 Feb 2022 17:23:31 GMT

I went to <file> and <new>, and set up an ordered list. It seems to work...

although, actually, as soon as one program has an error, it stops executing.

Re: SAS Enterprise Order of Execution

andreas_lds — Thu, 10 Feb 2022 06:07:41 GMT

@davehalltwp wrote:

I went to <file> and <new>, and set up an ordered list. It seems to work...

although, actually, as soon as one program has an error, it stops executing.

Well, i would call stopping execution when an error occurs the expected and wanted behaviour.

You right-click on a program and choose "connect to" - the exact name of the menu entry could depend on the version of SAS EG you are using.