When using a local installation of SAS, the error message "Server execution failed" almost always means that the installation of SAS is corrupted. Please contact SAS Technical Support for further assistance. It is beyond the scope of this forum to diagnose and repair SAS installation problems. ... View more

SAS/IML Studio 3.3 and PROC IML 9.22 do not support R 2.12.0 or later. Support for these newer versions of R has been added to SAS/IML Studio 3.4 and PROC IML 9.3, which will be released when SAS 9.3 ships later this year. ... View more

In answer to your questions: (1) IMLPlus does not support SAS macro variables except inside submit blocks. However, you can use the Base SAS functions symgetn and symgetc. For example: submit; %let xyz = 123; endsubmit; x = symgetn( "xyz" ); print x; (2) Yes, you can call any SAS procedure (except PROC IML) from inside a submit block that is itself inside an IML module. ... View more