topic Re: SAS CONNECT...how can I tell I am already signon'ed to a remote session in SAS Programming

SAS CONNECT...how can I tell I am already signon'ed to a remote session

advoss — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:11:48 GMT

Is there an automatic or global variable, or anything, that will tell me if I am already connected to a remote server (that is, I already did a SIGNON and connected successfully, cleared the log, made no notes to myself, got called away from my desk, and now can't remember if I am connected or not).

Thank you.

Re: SAS CONNECT...how can I tell I am already signon'ed to a remote session

Peter_C — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:12:46 GMT

in SAS/SCL the RSESSION() function provides information you can use, or blank if no remote connection exists

Re: SAS CONNECT...how can I tell I am already signon'ed to a remote session

Peter_C — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:14:43 GMT

If sas/AF is not available (or no-one can provide you the catalog with the rsession code) just try
rsubmit;
proc print data=sashelp.vmacro; run ;

Re: SAS CONNECT...how can I tell I am already signon'ed to a remote session

Bill — Thu, 13 May 2010 15:57:39 GMT

In my experience, it doesn't matter if you're already signed on. If you execute a job with a signon step, it will either signon and keep going or else tell you that you're signed on already and keep going.

Re: SAS CONNECT...how can I tell I am already signon'ed to a remote session

Florent — Tue, 18 May 2010 11:51:53 GMT

Hi,

You can assign the status of the remote connection to a macro-variable by using the CMACVAR option within your SIGNON statement.

You'll find more details about that option by reading the following documentation:
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/connref/61908/HTML/default/signon.htm

Regards,
Florent