topic Re: Email notifications using EG 3.0 Thin Client on Windows server in SAS Enterprise Guide

Email notifications using EG 3.0 Thin Client on Windows server

deleted_user — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 14:02:38 GMT

We need to automate some of our canned reports monthly and would like to email them as soon as they are available.
Using the filename email option gives an "Undetermined I/O Error". Proc Options gives me a CONFIG path that I can't get to, hence I can't change the EMAILHOST or EMAILSYS options. This is pretty straightforward in batch unix, linux or mainframe.

1) How should I go about this on windows?
2) Can I set/use a custom CONFIG?

Re: Email notifications using EG 3.0 Thin Client on Windows server

deleted_user — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 13:43:06 GMT

Hi,

Someone on SAS-L mentioned that we probably cannot use custom CONFIG files when EG runs on the server. Hence, we asked our admin to add -EMAILHOST -EMAILSYS options to the config on the server. It appears to have resolved our problem.
The next is server side automation. Is it possible?

Many thanks
Nori

Re: Email notifications using EG 3.0 Thin Client on Windows server

deleted_user — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 22:39:37 GMT

I need to change the config file myself, but I am not sure, what you meant, did your admin just add those 2 words to the config file or is there some syntax besides that?

Thanks

Re: Email notifications using EG 3.0 Thin Client on Windows server

deleted_user — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:26:39 GMT

it seems email options must be set as a sas session starts.
(as documented in the log after running the code:
proc options group= email define value; run;
Is there some real need for this restriction, or can we hope for change?
Either (or both)
1 allow EG to contribute SAS invocation options
2 enable email options to be changed after invocation
??

Peter

Re: Email notifications using EG 3.0 Thin Client on Windows server

deleted_user — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:50:07 GMT

He added the following to the config file:

-emailsys SMTP
-emailhost mailsrv
-emailport 25

hth
Nori

Re: Email notifications using EG 3.0 Thin Client on Windows server

deleted_user — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 15:07:30 GMT

Thanks so much, I got it working.