topic How to link custom task output in SAS Enterprise Guide

How to link custom task output

hogego — Thu, 16 May 2019 08:43:06 GMT

Hi. ALL.

Now I am creating and testing a custom task in SAS EG.
I created a program that splits input data and outputs it to a SAS data set,

but the output data and task do not link.
Is there a way to link to multiple outputs?

Thank you.

Re: How to link custom task output

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 16 May 2019 09:52:53 GMT

Do you really work on a custom EG task with .NET programming, or are you just working with a user-written SAS-code program node?

Re: How to link custom task output

CaseySmith — Wed, 29 May 2019 02:35:17 GMT

Yes, a custom task can create (and link) multiple output data sets. Assuming you are using a SAS.Tasks.Toolkit derived task, override the following method to provide a list of expected output data sets that will be generated by your custom task:

virtual public List<SAS.Shared.AddIns.ISASTaskDataDescriptor> OutputDataDescriptorList

Then, once the task is run, if those physical tables exist, they will be linked to your custom task.

Casey