The first
step in integrating SAS processes with the grid is to get your SAS
programs running on the grid.
In order
to submit a SAS program to the grid,you must add a set of grid statements
to the program. For programs submitted through the SAS Program Editor,
you can save the statements to an external file and then specify a
key definition that issues the statements. Submit the contents of
the SAS Program Editor window to the grid, rather than to the local
workstation.
Some of
the examples in this topic use
SAS/CONNECT statements (such as signon,
rsubmit, and signoff). For detailed information about these statements,
see
SAS/CONNECT User's Guide.
To add
grid statements to a program and submit the program to the grid,
follow these steps:
-
Save these
statements to an external file, referred to as
grid-statement-file (for example, c:\gpre.sas):
%global count;
%macro gencount;
%if %bquote(&count) eq %then %do; %let count=1;%end;%else %let
count=%eval(&count+1);
%mend;
%gencount;
options
metaserver='metadata-server-address';
options metaport=metadata-server-port;
options metauser=username;
options metapass="password";
%let rc=%sysfunc(grdsvc_enable(grid&count, resource=SASApp));
signon grid&count;
metadata-server-address is the machine name of the SAS Metadata Server and
metadata-server-port is the port used to communicate
with the metadata server.
-
Open the
Keys window and specify the following for an available key (for example,
F12):
gsubmit ”%include
'grid-statement_file';”;
rsubmit grid&count wait=no persist=no;
grid-statement-file is the path and filename
of the file (for example, c:\gpre.sas) containing the grid statements.
-
Type or
include a SAS program in the Program Editor window, and then press
the key to assigned to the grid statements. The program is automatically
submitted to the grid for processing. Your local machine is busy only
until the program is submitted to the grid.
Using
the same key to submit multiple jobs causes multiple jobs to be executed
in parallel on the grid.