When SAS Data Integration Studio jobs are executed
in batch mode, a number of SAS options can be used to preserve intermediate
files in the Work library. These system options can be set as described
in
Set SAS Invocation Options on Jobs.
Use the NOWORKINIT system
option to prevent SAS from erasing existing Work files on invocation.
Use the NOWORKTERM system option to prevent SAS from erasing existing
Work files on termination.
For example, to create
a permanent SAS Work library in UNIX and PC environments, you can
start the SAS Workspace Server with the WORK option to redirect the
Work files to a permanent Work library. The NOWORKINIT and NOWORKTERM
options must be included, as follows:
C:\>"C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASFoundation\
[release_number]\sas.exe"
-work "C:\Users\sasapb\My Documents\My SAS Files\
[release_number]\My SAS WorkFolder"
-noworkinit
-noworkterm
This redirects the generated
Work files in the folder My SAS Work Folder.
To create a permanent
SAS Work library in the
z/OS environment, edit your JCL statements
and change the WORK DD statement to a permanent MVS data set. For
example:
//STEP1 EXEC SDSSAS9,REGION=50M
//* changing work lib definition to a permanent data set
//SDSSAS9.WORK DD DSN=userid.somethin.sasdata,DISP=OLD
//* other file defs
//INFILE DD ... .
CAUTION:
If you
redirect Work files to a permanent library, you must manually delete
these files to avoid running out of disk space.