Refining Process Parameters in the SAS Drug Development Process Editor

Overview of Refining Process Parameters

Process parameters that you specify in the Publish to SAS Drug Development feature are the starting point for using a SAS Clinical Data Integration job in SAS Drug Development. In most cases, you will need to refine the process parameters in the SAS Drug Development Process Editor after the job is published.

Controls

In the Publish to SAS Drug Development feature, the controls that you use to specify information about process parameters are similar to the controls in the SAS Drug Development Process Editor.
The following figure shows the controls in the Publish to SAS Drug Development feature. These controls correspond to the controls in the SAS Drug Development Process Editor. You specify information about each process parameter in a job, not about the job itself.
Corresponding Controls
corresponding controls

Control Which Files to Get for a Process Parameter

By default, the Publish to SAS Drug Development feature specifies the process parameters so that all of the files located in the process parameter paths are retrieved before the process runs in SAS Drug Development. This action ensures that required files are available to the process.
However, the process might not actually require all of these files. A process parameter path that specifies a location that is shared with multiple processes probably contains files that are not required by the process. To avoid retrieving unnecessary files and increasing the run time of a process, change the default selection.
In the SAS Drug Development Process Editor, select Get selected files instead of Get all files, which is the default. The following figure shows the selections.
Change Default Selection to Get Only the Files Required by a Process
change default selection to get only the files required by a process
Then, select the files required by the process.