DATA step debugger on SAS Studio?

[12we]

Where do I find the DATA step debugger on SAS Studio? Is there one, or its only for SAS EG?

Thanks!

[SAS_Cares · Accepted solution]

SAS Studio now offers the DATA step debugger. It's part of the SAS Viya versions of SAS Studio, which includes SAS Studio 5.2, and then all versions of SAS Viya 2020.1 and later.  You can start the Debugger by clicking Debug on the toolbar in the program window, then click the "bug" icon in the margin area. Here are screenshots:

For earlier versions of SAS Studio, you may want to try KurtBremser's recommendation from this post https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Analytics-U/Debug-option-in-Data-Step-does-not-work/td-p/197405

As you know, you can also use the DATA step debugger in SAS Enterprise Guide. Here are a few more resources that may interest you as well on this topic:

• https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2016/11/30/data-step-debugger-sas-eg/
• SAS Enterprise Guide documentation

[12we]

Thank you! I do not have SAS EG, only Studio.

[rkbright]

Use the put statements. For example,

data storm_complete;
set pg2.storm_summary_small(obs=5);
putlog "Putlog after set statement";
put _all_;
run;

produces the following in the log

Putlog after set statement

Name= Basin=na MaxWind=35 StartDate=17JUL1980 EndDate=18NOV1980 _ERROR_=0 _N_=1

Putlog after set statement

Name= Basin=SP MaxWind=. StartDate=27MAR1980 EndDate=30MAR1980 _ERROR_=0 _N_=2

Putlog after set statement

Name=AGATHA Basin=EP MaxWind=115 StartDate=09JUN1980 EndDate=15JUN1980 _ERROR_=0 _N_=3

Putlog after set statement

Name=ALBINE Basin=SI MaxWind=. StartDate=27NOV1979 EndDate=06DEC1979 _ERROR_=0 _N_=4

Putlog after set statement

Name=ALEX Basin=WP MaxWind=40 StartDate=09OCT1980 EndDate=14OCT1980 _ERROR_=0 _N_=5