problems running code in SAS EG

[pmbrown]

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

[Kurt_Bremser]

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.

[pmbrown]

thanks

but I turned off debug mode and the run icon is still greyed out

[ChrisHemedinger · Accepted solution]

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 

[pmbrown]

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