Track Processing time

[Toni2]

hi i have a huge complex macro program with SAS needs to run for many hours. I want when it finishes to know the total run time.

I mean the time total time from the time i click run till the time i get the final results for all process flows, programs etc.. 

I want this information to be tracked in the log 

Any idea?

%macro dealnum;

/*** lots of macros/data steps ***/

%mends;

[Kurt_Bremser · Accepted solution]

At the beginning of your code, do this:

%let start_time = %sysfunc(datetime());

At the end, do this:

%put Duration = %sysfunc(putn(%sysevalf(%sysfunc(datetime()) - &start_time),time8.));

[Toni2]

thank you 🙂

[Tom]

The easiest thing to do is to save the whole program as a file and run it as a separate job from the interactive (or pseudo interactive if you are using a front end processor like Enterprise Guide or SAS/Studio).  Then the whole log will reflect the run time.

Otherwise just remember when you started and when you end subtract.

%macro dealnum;
%local startdt ;
%let startdt=%sysfunc(datetime());

/*** lots of macros/data steps ***/


%put NOTE: Run time %sysfunc(putn(%sysfunc(datetime())-&startdt,time16.3));
%mends;