Summary

Overview of Computing Resources

Resources that are required for running a SAS program include the following: CPU time, real time, memory, data storage space, and I/O.

Understanding Efficiency Trade-offs

It is important to understand the trade-offs that are involved in optimizing your SAS programs. Decreasing the use of one resource frequently increases the use of another. There is no single best way to optimize a SAS program; it depends on your situation.

Using SAS System Options to Track Resources

You can specify one or more of the SAS system options STIMER, MEMRPT, FULLSTIMER, and STATS to track and report on resource use. (In the z/OS environment, FULLSTIMER is an alias for FULLSTATS.) The availability, usage, and functionality ...

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