SAS executing code slowly when I run a procedure/command

[mepidemiology]

Hi! I am having issues with SAS running code. When I execute some commands (not any specific ones), SAS will freeze and I'll get the "Not Responding" bar on the top of the screen.  I am not running a large dataset and I've confirmed that I don't have anti-virus software or others running in the background.

[mkeintz]

Is SAS running on your own PC, or are you accessing SAS on a server, (for instance via sas/connect, or sas enterprise guide connected to a server)?  If you are accessing a remote server, then you may have a communications issue, not specific to SAS.

[mepidemiology]

Hi! I'm running SAS on my own PC.

[Amir]

Hi,

Some questions / things to try:

1) Is the data on a network or held locally?

2) Was a change made on your machine before this issue started occurring or has this issue always been happening?

3) Does the issue occur consistently when running the same code?

4) If you have colleagues who can run the same code, do they get the same issue?

5) Try checking the Task Manager and sorting by the various resources (CPU, memory, disk, network, etc.) to see if anything else is using up resources at the same time.

6) Does this occur every time (without exception) you ask SAS to do something?

7) Do you have a simple example of what you have tried to get SAS to do when this issue occurs?

Thanks & kind regards,

Amir.