topic Re: running SAS Programs or Macros in parallel in SAS Programming

running SAS Programs or Macros in parallel

LineMoon — Tue, 03 May 2016 21:56:25 GMT

Hello,

1) If I want to run more than sas programs or macro in parallel

ex:

%marco test1;

data one;

v=2;

run;

%ment test1;

%marco test2;

data one;

w=2;

run;

%ment test2;

2) unzip in parallel so many file

If I want to unzip R1.zip, R2.zip,.............Rn.zip

Thank you

Re: running SAS Programs or Macros in parallel

LinusH — Wed, 04 May 2016 04:08:40 GMT

Two options:

If you got SAS/CONNECT licensed use the MP CONNECT facility.

Otherwise, run them in parallel in the background /batch from os shell/prompt.

Re: running SAS Programs or Macros in parallel

LineMoon — Wed, 04 May 2016 20:48:00 GMT

Thank you

I can try this one

"run in parallel in the background /batch from os shell/prompt."

But , If i have a hundrerd of programs, I need so many sessions and works ?

Thank you.

Re: running SAS Programs or Macros in parallel

LinusH — Wed, 04 May 2016 22:06:16 GMT

That's normal scheduling planning. Find how much resources each job requires and calculate how many parallel jobs you can have. You probably need to run sequential as well.
If this a daily job you might want to look at a professional scheduler that automatically submits jobs when there are available resources.