https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Tips-from-the-Community/SAS-Tip-Using-NOTE-WARNING-ERROR-in-Your-Generated-Messages/m-p/442590#M121 <P>Did you know that if you use '''NOTE:''', '''WARNING:''' or '''ERROR:''' (all CAPS) at the beginning of messages that your programs write to the SAS log with <STRONG>PUT</STRONG>, <STRONG>PUTLOG</STRONG>, or <STRONG>%PUT</STRONG> statements that SAS will treat those messages like its own messages?<BR /><BR /></P> <UL> <LI>They will be highlighted in color (by default, blue for <FONT color="blue">'''NOTE:'''</FONT>, green for <FONT color="green">'''WARNING:'''</FONT>, and red for <FONT color="red">'''ERROR:'''</FONT>).</LI> <LI>Messages that begin with '''NOTE:''' can be controlled with '''OPTIONS NOTES/NONOTES'''.</LI> <LI>Messages that begin with '''ERROR:''' will be summarized at the end of the SAS Log.</LI> <LI>Messages that begin with '''WARNING:''' are typically informational, but more important than '''NOTE:''' (and, as such, should not be ''turned off'').</LI> </UL> <P>If you use '''NOTE-''', '''WARNING-''' or '''ERROR-''', the color-coded result will be the same, except that key words NOTE:, WARNING: and ERROR: won't be printed.</P> <HR /> <P>Thanks to Don Henderson&nbsp;for sharing this tip on sasCommunity.org.</P> Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:36:00 GMT SAS_Tipster 2018-03-06T13:36:00Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Tips-from-the-Community/SAS-Tip-Using-NOTE-WARNING-ERROR-in-Your-Generated-Messages/m-p/442590#M121 <P>Did you know that if you use '''NOTE:''', '''WARNING:''' or '''ERROR:''' (all CAPS) at the beginning of messages that your programs write to the SAS log with <STRONG>PUT</STRONG>, <STRONG>PUTLOG</STRONG>, or <STRONG>%PUT</STRONG> statements that SAS will treat those messages like its own messages?<BR /><BR /></P> <UL> <LI>They will be highlighted in color (by default, blue for <FONT color="blue">'''NOTE:'''</FONT>, green for <FONT color="green">'''WARNING:'''</FONT>, and red for <FONT color="red">'''ERROR:'''</FONT>).</LI> <LI>Messages that begin with '''NOTE:''' can be controlled with '''OPTIONS NOTES/NONOTES'''.</LI> <LI>Messages that begin with '''ERROR:''' will be summarized at the end of the SAS Log.</LI> <LI>Messages that begin with '''WARNING:''' are typically informational, but more important than '''NOTE:''' (and, as such, should not be ''turned off'').</LI> </UL> <P>If you use '''NOTE-''', '''WARNING-''' or '''ERROR-''', the color-coded result will be the same, except that key words NOTE:, WARNING: and ERROR: won't be printed.</P> <HR /> <P>Thanks to Don Henderson&nbsp;for sharing this tip on sasCommunity.org.</P> Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:36:00 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Tips-from-the-Community/SAS-Tip-Using-NOTE-WARNING-ERROR-in-Your-Generated-Messages/m-p/442590#M121 SAS_Tipster 2018-03-06T13:36:00Z