topic stop running a SAS program in SAS Programming

stop running a SAS program

Taliah — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:45:52 GMT

Hello, I have a set of sas programs that run in sequence. The users run them through another program containing -

%incllude "/path/program1.sas"; %incllude "/path/program2.sas"; etc.

In some of the programs I need to be able to stop that program and all following programs from running, based on an if statement (e.g., when a variable is above a certain limit). How can that be done? Thank you.

Re: stop running a SAS program

ballardw — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:09:14 GMT

Is the "value" in a data set or a macro variable? Is the IF going to be in data step code or for macro variables between procedures/data steps?

Are the jobs run interactively or in batch?

The ABORT statement in a data step is conditional (can be run on a value encountered) and has options ABEND (halts SAS), Cancel and Return. Each behaves a bit differently depending on run environment, interactive or batch and possibly if encountered in an %include file. You can also set a condition code.

Re: stop running a SAS program

Taliah — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:59:35 GMT

Thank you. The value is a macro variable. The jobs are run in batch.

"You can also set a condition code." - what do you mean by that?

"Is the IF going to be in data step code or for macro variables between procedures/data steps?" I can set the if statement any way that will work. I compute the value of the macro variable, based on it I will need to stop the programs from running. Now I have that macro variable. I can write an IF statement in a data step, or another way if that will work better.