topic Re: Order list in SAS Programming

Order list

SASdevAnneMarie — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 07:56:49 GMT

Hello experts,

I am running SAS code in SAS Enterprise Guide 8.3 using an Ordered List. I would like to know if there is an option to stop the execution when one of the programs encounters an error.

Thank you.

Re: Order list

ChrisHemedinger — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 12:49:48 GMT

You should be able to add a Condition to the item in your process flow. The condition can be based on different criteria, but the easiest method is to check a macro variable. You can use SYSCC (built in error code that you can reset), or you can set a macro variable to indicate some other "error" condition (such as a data set that doesn't exist).

When you add your items to the Ordered List, the condition is still evaluated and the node won't run if the condition isn't met.

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Re: Order list

SASdevAnneMarie — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 16:32:44 GMT

Thank you,Chris!
SYSCC is an automatic variable, so I don't need to create it myself?

Re: Order list

ChrisHemedinger — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 17:31:15 GMT

Yes, SYSCC is automatic and will have a non-zero value if an error occurs. But you can/should clear it with "%let SYSCC=0;" to reset it when you want to start from a clean slate.

SYSERR is another automatic variable, but you cannot reset that in the session (it is read-only).