topic Re: &_clientprojectpath and &_clientprojectname both missing? in SAS Enterprise Guide

&_clientprojectpath and &_clientprojectname both missing?

JamesScandol — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 04:00:22 GMT

I'm trying to get the location of my EGP project using the macro variables &_clientprojectpath and &_clientprojectname, but these variables are set to missing.

These global macro variables used to exist in EG 5.1, but have gone in EG 6.1??

When I run:

%put _all_;

I get returned:

22 GOPTIONS ACCESSIBLE;

23 %put _all_;

GLOBAL _EGSOURCE SOURCE

GLOBAL _CLIENTAPP 'SAS Enterprise Guide'

GLOBAL _CLIENTAPPABREV EG

GLOBAL _CLIENTPROJECTPATH ''

GLOBAL _CLIENTPROJECTNAME ''

GLOBAL EGP_FILE ''

GLOBAL EGP_PATH

GLOBAL SYS_SQL_IP_ALL -1

Does anyone know how to get these variables set correctly in EG6.1? Is there an option setting or command line switch that needs to be used?

Thanks James

Re: &_clientprojectpath and &_clientprojectname both missing?

ChrisHemedinger — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:35:08 GMT

They should be there -- but they can be set only if your active project is actually saved to a location (has a file name). I see them set at the top of each program that I submit within a saved project:

;*';*";*/;quit;run;

OPTIONS PAGENO=MIN;

%LET _CLIENTTASKLABEL='Program1';

%LET _CLIENTPROJECTPATH='C:\Users\sascrh\Desktop\att.egp';

%LET _CLIENTPROJECTNAME='att.egp';

%LET _SASPROGRAMFILE=;

Chris

Re: &_clientprojectpath and &_clientprojectname both missing?

JamesScandol — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 22:13:09 GMT

Thanks Chris, that is pretty obvious in hindsight!!

I think the original issue may have arisen when migrating a project from 5.1 to 6.1. EG appears to put the "new 6.1" project in an unsaved state during migration where these variables are undefined. I had code where this worked in 5.1, then it stopped working during migration (but that was probably before I re-saved the project as a 6.1 version).

Of course my tests to followup on the issue were not specified correctly!

James

BTW Thanks for your great book on Custom Tasks