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nickspencer
Obsidian | Level 7
Hi,
How do make a sas code wait for 2 hours before it executes? For example I have the below code.
data want;
set sashelp.cars;
run;
I do not want to execute this logic when I start the code rather wait for 2 hours. What options do I add? I will be running the code in grid.

Any suggestions or sample code is appreciated ?

Thanks,
Nick
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Reeza
Super User
SLEEP() but you may also need to consider triggers and more complicated execution paths on a grid server.
https://documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&cdcVersion=9.4_3.5&docsetId=lefunctionsref&docsetTarg...

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Reeza
Super User
SLEEP() but you may also need to consider triggers and more complicated execution paths on a grid server.
https://documentation.sas.com/?cdcId=pgmsascdc&cdcVersion=9.4_3.5&docsetId=lefunctionsref&docsetTarg...
SASKiwi
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If this is to run code outside of "normal" hours then why not consider scheduling your SAS program for the time you want so it runs automatically?

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