Tag: SAS log

Uncovering the hidden parts of the SAS log

Before there was CNN or FOX News, people used to get their news from SAS. At least, that’s how I imagine that people kept themselves informed. What else can explain the existence of the NEWS= system option, which helps SAS admins to surface the must-know information to the SAS community? […]

SAS Altlog option

If you run a production SAS environment or even a development environment for that matter, it is nice to have a specific location for all logs to be written and managed. ALTLOG helps achieve this. The ALTLOG option can be set numerous ways, but we typically utilize 2. 1. As an option on the command […]

SAS / Teradata Fastexport – dbsliceparm = all

Fastexport is the fastest way to get large data out of teradata. Fastexport utilizes multiple connections to deliver data and therefore speeding up the transfer of data between Teradata and SAS. Here are a few examples of fastexport. /* libname statement*/ libname teradb  teradata username=&un password=&pw dbsliceparm=all; /* explicit sql */ proc sql; connect to […]