i am unfamiliar with sas EG (i have always used v9.4)
i have this problem: https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Cannot-run-program-in-SAS-EG-8-2/td-p/619812
even if i try to run a basic data step like the weight_club data from here:
https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/basess/n053a58fwk57v7n14h8x7y7u34y4.htm
the 'run' icon is greyed out and i can't run anything; there is a green bug symbol suggesting the whole data step contains a bug:
i assume if i had sas9.4 i wouldn't have these problems? thanks
You don't have any SAS servers in your environment. If you don't have SAS installed on your local machine, then you must connect to a SAS environment using a metadata profile.
If you do have SAS installed but it's not detected, check this article: Using SAS Enterprise Guide with your local SAS installation
You have switched to "Debug" mode, which invokes (kind of) a data step debugger in the background and prevents a normal RUN.
See https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2016/11/30/data-step-debugger-sas-eg/ as a first reference.
thanks
but I turned off debug mode and the run icon is still greyed out
You don't have any SAS servers in your environment. If you don't have SAS installed on your local machine, then you must connect to a SAS environment using a metadata profile.
If you do have SAS installed but it's not detected, check this article: Using SAS Enterprise Guide with your local SAS installation
thanks, that article is quite useful, especially the instructions under "What if no "Local" SAS is detected?". Although when i try to run "sas /regserver" it says: sas is not recognised as an internal or external command. Maybe i need to add it to system environ variables. At this point i'll have to speak to our IT
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