topic What can a stored process do that a normal SAS program cannot in SAS Enterprise Guide https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/What-can-a-stored-process-do-that-a-normal-SAS-program-cannot/m-p/209994#M15736 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the use of a SAS stored process? What can a stored process do that a normal sas program / macro cannot? It seems like a stored process is an unnecessary wrapper around a simple SAS program.</P><P></P><P>In my company, the stored process is the first layer on the server side that intercepts web requests and sends back response in the form of JSON.</P><P>Can a web request not directly interact with a SAS server side macro? IS that what the stored process is for? Some kind of a Mid Tier controller that acts as the gateway between web client and the SAS server side code?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:58:14 GMT eagles_dare13 2015-08-28T20:58:14Z What can a stored process do that a normal SAS program cannot https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/What-can-a-stored-process-do-that-a-normal-SAS-program-cannot/m-p/209994#M15736 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>What is the use of a SAS stored process? What can a stored process do that a normal sas program / macro cannot? It seems like a stored process is an unnecessary wrapper around a simple SAS program.</P><P></P><P>In my company, the stored process is the first layer on the server side that intercepts web requests and sends back response in the form of JSON.</P><P>Can a web request not directly interact with a SAS server side macro? IS that what the stored process is for? Some kind of a Mid Tier controller that acts as the gateway between web client and the SAS server side code?</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:58:14 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/What-can-a-stored-process-do-that-a-normal-SAS-program-cannot/m-p/209994#M15736 eagles_dare13 2015-08-28T20:58:14Z Re: What can a stored process do that a normal SAS program cannot https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/What-can-a-stored-process-do-that-a-normal-SAS-program-cannot/m-p/209995#M15737 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Yes.</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 28 Aug 2015 21:19:55 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Enterprise-Guide/What-can-a-stored-process-do-that-a-normal-SAS-program-cannot/m-p/209995#M15737 LinusH 2015-08-28T21:19:55Z