Understanding How the SAS Supervisor Checks a Job
To better understand the errors that you make so that
you can avoid them in the future, it is important to understand how
the SAS Supervisor checks a job. The SAS Supervisor is the part of
SAS that is responsible for executing SAS programs. To check the
syntax of a SAS program, the SAS Supervisor does the following:
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reads the SAS statements and data
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translates the program statements into executable machine code or intermediate code
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creates data sets
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calls SAS procedures, as requested
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writes error messages
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ends the job
The SAS Supervisor knows
the following information about DATA and PROC steps:
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the forms and types of statements that can be present in a DATA step ...
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