In this case, if you're only creating SAS datasets, my comments about reports shouldn't apply. The only thing I can think of where this would apply is if you're accidentally creating a large amount of report data; perhaps a PROC SQL missing a NOPRINT option. On the other hand, could you have the results of your data operation being pulled into your data grid, and too many rows being retrieved? Another thing that I've seen take a long time with EG is opening views, since they need to be fully resolved before anything can be displayed. Good luck, let us know what happens! Tom ... View more