The SAS DATA Step Batch Server

specifies the machine on which the SAS DATA Step Batch Server was configured. This is also the machine on which the deployed job is presumed to reside. It is not necessarily the machine on which the scheduled job will actually execute. The job will execute on the machine where the scheduling server is running. Ensure that any commands that you store in the batch server are capable of running on the scheduling server.

specifies the operating system of the machine on which the job will execute.

specifies the script that will start SAS in batch mode so that it can execute the job. This script must be able to execute on the scheduling server host.

specifies the log directory to which SAS can write a log file. This field is required when defining a DATA step batch server. To specify the current directory, enter ./ or an equivalent specification for your host environment.

specifies the format for the name of the log file and indicates when a new log file should be started.

The server is configured to start a new log file automatically when the value of any directive in the name changes. By default, the log file will roll over every second (%s). For information about the directives used in the log filename, see the documentation for the SAS system option LOG=.

Note:   If you want to use the new SAS 9.2 logging facility instead of the traditional SAS logging feature, enter a hyphen in this field, and append this option to the sas command: -logconfigloc script-path/logconfig.xml, where script-path is the absolute path to the sasbatch script. For more information, see Enabling Server Logging in the SAS Intelligence Platform: System Administration Guide.