https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352634#M82224 <P>Attached is the code for one of the conditions. &nbsp;I appreciate any help with this!</P> Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:34:57 GMT Mishan1980 2017-04-23T19:34:57Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352609#M82218 <P>I have a simulation program that I am running under various conditions. &nbsp;It has worked for all but 8 conditions. &nbsp;The only difference in these 8 is the IP size is set to 4 versus 3 or 2. &nbsp;It runs through the program through the 500 data sets I have generated when IP size is set to 2 or 3 and does so in about an hour. &nbsp;When I change IP size to 4 it gets stuck in the data step and I have to stop it. &nbsp;I have let it sit for 24 hours thinking it was just thinking. It never completed. &nbsp;I have 1,000 observations in each of my 500 data sets. &nbsp;I broke those into data sets containing 100 observations thinking this would help but I am having the same problem, it will run through some of them and then hang in the data step on random data sets. &nbsp;No errors or warnings are being produced in the log. &nbsp;Not sure what I need to do to get this program to run. &nbsp;The program has nested loops but it has worked previously for the IP size conditions so I know I am not missing a semicolin or end command.</P> Sun, 23 Apr 2017 16:39:23 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352609#M82218 Mishan1980 2017-04-23T16:39:23Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352626#M82220 <P>I don't know why you split your dataset but it seems weird to have 500 * 100 datasets, is there no way to process this all in one file using BY groups?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>I'm not sure how we can answer/suggest anything though without code or an error ....</P> Sun, 23 Apr 2017 18:45:38 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352626#M82220 Reeza 2017-04-23T18:45:38Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352633#M82223 <P>I attempted to run the 500 data sets with all 1,000 ovservations but it would not run through the first one. &nbsp;So I changed the number of observations down to 100 and it ran. &nbsp;But I would much rather run the complete 1,000 observations in the 500 data sets. &nbsp;I left it running for over 24 hours without it completing one.</P> Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:31:10 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352633#M82223 Mishan1980 2017-04-23T19:31:10Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352634#M82224 <P>Attached is the code for one of the conditions. &nbsp;I appreciate any help with this!</P> Sun, 23 Apr 2017 19:34:57 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/SAS-stuck-in-quot-Data-Step-Running-quot-using-SAS-Base-9-4/m-p/352634#M82224 Mishan1980 2017-04-23T19:34:57Z