topic Re: Determining the remote SAS version in SAS Programming

Determining the remote SAS version

Aditi24 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 07:52:23 GMT

Hi,

I am using SAS 9.3 on my Windows system through which I can connect to SAS 9.3/9.4 on the remote UNIX server.

For determing the SAS version of the PC SAS, I am using statement:-

version=symget("sysver");
textentry1.text=version;

But I want to determine the SAS version on UNIX server to which my PC SAS is connected to. Please suggest code.

Re: Determining the remote SAS version

Reeza — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:31:23 GMT

You can submit the same code via RSUBMIT?

Re: Determining the remote SAS version

Aditi24 — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 12:20:32 GMT

@Reeza: I am using the below code snippet in my SCL file:

submit continue;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
rsubmit;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
%let sas_ver;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    data _null_;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
      sas_ver= "&sysver";                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
      run;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
endrsubmit;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
endsubmit;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
textentry1.text=sas_ver;

But the value is not getting populated in the textentry. Please help.

Re: Determining the remote SAS version

LinusH — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 13:53:57 GMT

The same, just rsubmit that code.

Re: Determining the remote SAS version

Reeza — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:44:17 GMT

Your SAS code is incorrect, it doesn't do anything. If you want to create a macro variable use CALL SYMPUTX and or SYSRPUT/SYSLPUT to move the macro variable to the local drive from the server.

Your current code creates a variable (not a macro variable) but you don't create a dataset so it doesn't do anything over.