https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Get-emailed-first-line-of-error-from-log/m-p/931521#M366457 <P>Hi there</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I am automating error checking in some of our processes. When I get the error emailed to me, I am getting the last error in the log. How do I ensure I get the 1st error message?</P> <P>I am emailing myself the following:</P> <PRE>&amp;syserrortext</PRE> <P>Is there any other one I can use so I get exactly the first error?</P> Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:27:34 GMT Citrine10 2024-06-10T09:27:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Get-emailed-first-line-of-error-from-log/m-p/931521#M366457 <P>Hi there</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I am automating error checking in some of our processes. When I get the error emailed to me, I am getting the last error in the log. How do I ensure I get the 1st error message?</P> <P>I am emailing myself the following:</P> <PRE>&amp;syserrortext</PRE> <P>Is there any other one I can use so I get exactly the first error?</P> Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:27:34 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Get-emailed-first-line-of-error-from-log/m-p/931521#M366457 Citrine10 2024-06-10T09:27:34Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Get-emailed-first-line-of-error-from-log/m-p/931536#M366459 <P>There is not an automatic macro variable that stores the first error.&nbsp; One way to get the first error is to parse the log file.&nbsp; If you search lexjansen.com for user group papers on log parsing, you will find lots of approaches.&nbsp; My favorite approach is:&nbsp;<A href="https://www.lexjansen.com/nesug/nesug01/cc/cc4008.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.lexjansen.com/nesug/nesug01/cc/cc4008.pdf</A>&nbsp;.</P> Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:22:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Get-emailed-first-line-of-error-from-log/m-p/931536#M366459 Quentin 2024-06-10T11:22:37Z