topic Copy Pasting Code Won't Run Properly in SAS Enterprise Guide

Copy Pasting Code Won't Run Properly

Fistful_Dollars — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:39:32 GMT

Many times when I copy/paste code from another .sas program, notepad or anywhere else directly in a new SAS EG program, and try to run it, I will get an error and it won't run properly or at all.

I copy/pasted a macro and libnames that work perfectly in one SAS EG program file into another SAS EG program, and I get the following error. It appears it's not even reading the code at all. Is this a common issue with SAS and is there any way to work around it?

Thanks.

Re: Copy Pasting Code Won't Run Properly

Reeza — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 15:56:39 GMT

It appears it's not even reading the code at all. Is this a common issue with SAS and is there any way to work around it?

This is not a common issue and you may want to contact SAS Tech Support.

@Fistful_Dollars wrote:

Many times when I copy/paste code from another .sas program, notepad or anywhere else directly in a new SAS EG program, and try to run it, I will get an error and it won't run properly or at all.

I copy/pasted a macro and libnames that work perfectly in one SAS EG program file into another SAS EG program, and I get the following error. It appears it's not even reading the code at all. Is this a common issue with SAS and is there any way to work around it?

Thanks.

Re: Copy Pasting Code Won't Run Properly

Kurt_Bremser — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:59:57 GMT

There are multiple reasons for a workspace server not starting.

The first that come to my mind:

The WORK directory can't be allocated.

You can't start another process (maxuproc in UNIX)

Re: Copy Pasting Code Won't Run Properly

TomKari — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:55:55 GMT

This doesn't sound like what's happening to you, but I've noticed that EG can be slow to copy TO the clipboard. If I select my stuff, hit "CTRL+C", and switch right over to the other screen and paste, my stuff hasn't been put on the clipboard. If I go back to EG, select my stuff, click Edit+Copy, and wait till the little spinney stops, my stuff will be on the clipboard.

Tom

Re: Copy Pasting Code Won't Run Properly

34reqrwe — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 01:53:48 GMT

SAS enterprise guide needs to make a connection to the server before it can run code . Your problem appears not to be with copying/pasting/running code , the problem is making a connection to the server.