topic Autoexe - SAS AP vs SAS VA in Administration and Deployment

Autoexe - SAS AP vs SAS VA

Jim_Ogilvie — Tue, 18 May 2021 13:19:40 GMT

Hi,

When working in batch mode on Windows, does SAS pick up the autoexe to assign libs etc in the same way on a SAS VA install, as it would on a SAS Analytics Pro install?

I hoping "Yes", or is there some kind of metadata server involvement that I need to consider?

Thanks

Jim

Re: Autoexe - SAS AP vs SAS VA

CarmineVerrell — Tue, 18 May 2021 13:56:46 GMT

Hello,

Can you please give a bit more background please? What type of environment are you running? Can you confirm what type of environment on windows are you using, desktop version or Server?

Re: Autoexe - SAS AP vs SAS VA

SASKiwi — Tue, 18 May 2021 20:15:37 GMT

I would consider it best practice to set up all common-used SAS data libraries in SAS metadata via SAS Management Console if we are talking about a SAS server-based installation. If these are pre-assigned, then they will work equally well in all types of SAS sessions, both batch and interactive.

Re: Autoexe - SAS AP vs SAS VA

Jim_Ogilvie — Mon, 24 May 2021 08:01:47 GMT

Thanks for this and yes this is a SAS server environment (Win).

I have worked in a previous SAS environment, where the metadata server was running, but where we had to assign libs at the top of our SAS programmes when running in batch mode...

In the scenario you describe, presumably the libraries set up in the management console get written to a SAS programme file, which can be referenced in the *.bat file?

Re: Autoexe - SAS AP vs SAS VA

SASKiwi — Mon, 24 May 2021 20:38:39 GMT

@Jim_Ogilvie - No, nothing so crude! The data libraries registered will be automatically created behind the scenes whenever you start a SAS session. If you also want these to work in SAS batch jobs then you also need to apply the "Pre-assign Library" option. Then it doesn't matter what type of SAS session you invoke, these SAS libraries will always be created.