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MarcTC
Obsidian | Level 7
A user can get real time & cpu time info for a proc/data step in the SAS log. But if a program contain many proc/data steps, reading the log to obtain the execution time info become a horrible task. I wonder if there is any way to automatically record the execution time into a SAS dataset with the following layout:

step real_time cpu_time
DATA 1.32 0.88
PROCEDURE 0.44 0.10
PROCEDURE 2.18 0.45
.....
5 REPLIES 5
Ksharp
Super User
You can use proc printto to redirect log into a txt file, then write some code to get information needed.


Ksharp
Ksharp
Super User
You can use proc printto to redirect log into a txt file, then write some code to get information needed.


Ksharp
chang_y_chung_hotmail_com
Obsidian | Level 7
Instead of parsing the log file, I would recommend using the Application Response
Measurement (ARM) API. This sas-l posting with links may help.
The reference manual is here.
MarcTC
Obsidian | Level 7
Thanks Ksharp & Guru Chung for your input!
polingjw
Quartz | Level 8
This paper might be of interest to you.

http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi30/219-30.pdf

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