Schedule tasks on server

[katies]

I have a SAS program scheduled to run daily on my local machine. 

But the laptop is a loaner and I want the program to continue to run at scheduled times when I no longer have access to it. I'm running SAS on a UNIX server. Can I set the task to run on the server?

[Patrick]

You need to store the program (.sas file) on the server and then use a scheduler on the server. If LSF is available and you've got sufficient access to SAS Management Console (SMC) then you can schedule jobs directly with SMC. Else use any scheduler that's available - Cron will be there for sure.

You can use sasbatch.sh (found in the batchserver folder) to build your command line (would be sasbatch.bat under Windows and is "better" than using sas.exe).

[SASKiwi]

If you have a SAS administrator in your organisation, then it would be a good idea to ask him/her about the preferred way to do server-based scheduling. It is a good idea to stick to the same method within your SAS environment.