Thank you Reeza,   I am now looking at using the logging facility as an alternative to scanning the code. Do you think this approach is promising?   Here is the documentation from SAS: https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=logug&docsetTarget=p1ux9lxccgetcgn1hmkhm64m3ud0.htm&docsetVersion=9.4&locale=en ... View more

Thanks Tom. Can this be done programmatically so that it populates a table, which has program name and table/column names used? ... View more

Hi Suryakiran,   Thank you for your reply. I'm trying to find the columns that are used. Not the available ones. I wonder whether it is possible to generate a list like this:   SAS Program name ABC uses  column Database1.Schema1.Table1.Column1 and Database1.Schema1.Table1.Column2 and Database1.Schema1.Table1.Column5 and Database1.Schema1.Table5.Column1 and Database2.Schema1.Table1.Column1 etc. ... View more