sas code taking more time to run and getting error

[chinna0369]

HI,

I am working on a dataset and it has 181311 records when I am creating records from raw data it was fine but when I set all datasets and sorting them then it is taking more time to run and after couple of datasets I am getting error as nodisk space available. I don't understand the issue? What might be the issue and is there any solution for this?  I am using options compress=yes also. And I am also deleting unnecessary datasets from work library as well.  Any help and inputs are appreciated. 

Thanks

[SASKiwi]

Where does your SAS code run? If it is on a remote SAS server which is shared with other users then it could be the problem is with too many users competing for too little disk space. I suggest you talk to your SAS administrator looking after the remote SAS server and tell him your concerns.

If you are running SAS on your own computer, then you need to check how much spare disk space you have and remove any files you no longer want. It's pretty easy to fill up a computer drive without realising it.

[Astounding · Accepted solution]

Also, run PROC CONTENTS to check whether you have silly lengths for your variables. For example, are all variables defined as $200?

[chinna0369]

Yes, the issue is because of the raw data variables which is messy, I think. Now I have kept only variables which I am using, and I am able to run quickly without any lag. Thanks!