topic Re: Automating programs in SAS in SAS Programming

Automating programs in SAS

jgautreau — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 20:46:32 GMT

perhaps a rookie question...

I have a program that I run in SAS 9.3 UI. Is there a way to automate/schedule this program to run ?

I'm sure there is, but I'm wondering if there are SAS functions to write into the program to schedule it, or if there is are options in the UI that I can use.

Thanks, John

Re: Automating programs in SAS

ballardw — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:53:25 GMT

You might look up running batch jobs and using a system scheduler to run a script to start SAS with the needed parameters. Options vary depending on OS and what you expect the program to do.

Re: Automating programs in SAS

Reeza — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:55:22 GMT

If you're on Windows, use the Windows scheduler.

First find out how to call your program from batch.

Second Add that command to a .bat file and schedule it.

Of course this all depends on your OS/SAS version. If you're using SAS connected to a server their may be many other issues.