System Options under OpenVMS

STIMER System Option: OpenVMS

Specifies whether to write a subset of system performance statistics to the SAS log.

Default:	STIMER
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, SAS System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
Category:	Log and procedure output control: SAS log
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LOGCONTROL
OpenVMS specifics:	all

Syntax
Details
Comparisons
See Also

Syntax

STIMER | NOSTIMER

STIMER: specifies that SAS write the statistics. When STIMER is in effect, SAS writes to the SAS log a list of computer resources used for each step and the entire SAS session.
NOSTIMER: specifies that SAS not write performance statistics to the SAS log.

Details

The STIMER system option specifies whether performance statistics of your operating environment are written to the SAS log.

Under OpenVMS, the STIMER option writes the following statistics:

elapsed time
CPU time.

If both STIMER and FULLSTIMER are set, the FULLSTIMER statistics are printed.

Comparisons

The STIMER system option specifies whether a subset of all the performance statistics of your operating environment that are available to SAS are written to the SAS log. The FULLSTIMER system option specifies whether all of the available performance statistics are written to the SAS log.