topic How to view SAS Studio autoexec log ? in SAS Studio

How to view SAS Studio autoexec log ?

RobP — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 09:09:24 GMT

I would like to see the results of the autoexec log in SAS Studio. My normal autoexec file in SAS Studio simply looks like this:

%include "/folder/location/my_real_autoexec.sas";

I thought I'd be sneaky and just wrap it in a "proc printto" to redirect the log like this:

proc printto log="~/autoexec.log";
%include "/folder/location/my_real_autoexec.sas";
proc printto;run;

It created the file ~/autoexec.log, but when I open it, it only contains the following:

NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINTTO used (Total process time):
      real time           0.02 seconds
      cpu time            0.02 seconds

Is there a place I can see the autoexec log somewhere else? A configuration option I can specify somewhere? Or a better way to use proc printto?

EDIT - Just to be clear, I want to see what GLOBAL/AUTOMATIC macro variables are available at the time autoexec runs vs at the time you can submit code manually. So I can't use the 'run' feature that is supplied within SAS Studio.

Re: How to view SAS Studio autoexec log ?

Tom — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 14:03:51 GMT

If you want to see the source for your included file then either set the SOURCE2 option or add the /SOURCE option to the %INCLUDE statement.

%include "/folder/location/my_real_autoexec.sas" / source;

Re: How to view SAS Studio autoexec log ?

ballardw — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 16:15:38 GMT

@RobP wrote:

I would like to see the results of the autoexec log in SAS Studio. My normal autoexec file in SAS Studio simply looks like this:
%include "/folder/location/my_real_autoexec.sas";
I thought I'd be sneaky and just wrap it in a "proc printto" to redirect the log like this:
proc printto log="~/autoexec.log";
%include "/folder/location/my_real_autoexec.sas";
proc printto;run;
It created the file ~/autoexec.log, but when I open it, it only contains the following:
NOTE: PROCEDURE PRINTTO used (Total process time):
      real time           0.02 seconds
      cpu time            0.02 seconds
Is there a place I can see the autoexec log somewhere else? A configuration option I can specify somewhere? Or a better way to use proc printto?

EDIT - Just to be clear, I want to see what GLOBAL/AUTOMATIC macro variables are available at the time autoexec runs vs at the time you can submit code manually. So I can't use the 'run' feature that is supplied within SAS Studio.

You might look into the options for the %PUT statement also. You can specify lists of variables such as _all_ , _automatic_ , _global_ , _user_ , _readonly_ , _writable_ and/ or _local_ (though _local_ generally doesn't mean much outside of a running macro).

%put _global_;

will show the current list of defined global macro variables and their values