SAS batch icon setup

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SAS batch icon setup

• System options to control batch processing
• William Klein
• Toronto Area SAS Society
• September 19, 2008

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Properties of the batch icon

• "C\Program files\SAS\SASFoundation\9.2\sas.exe"
• -sysin C\SYS\SAS\tass20080919.sas
• -log C\SYS\SAS\20080919.log
• -autoexec c\sys\sas\autoexec.sas
• -echoauto

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Contents of autoexec.sas

• options
• nocenter nodate source nosource2
• psmax ls132 pageno1 nostimer noovp
• nomprint nomlogic nosymbolgen noreplace
• mergenobyerror yearcutoff1989
• formdlim' '
• run

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Notes

• psmax sets the number of lines that compose a
  page to the maximum setting, 32,767.
• NOOVP prints dashes on the next line below the
  error when SAS encounters an error in a SAS
  statement.

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Notes

• MERGENOBY Issues an error message when MERGE
  occurs without a BY statement.
• NOREPLACE prevents replacement of a permanent SAS
  data set with another file of the same name.

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Notes

• FORMDLIM'' removes characters to delimit page
  breaks in SAS output, allowing multiple pages of
  output to appear on the same page.