Enabling the SAS Logging Facility

LOGAPPLNAME= System Option

Specifies a SAS session name for SAS logging.

Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation
Category:	Log and procedure output control: SAS log
PROC OPTIONS GROUP=	LOGCONTROL

Syntax
Syntax Description
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Syntax

LOGAPPLNAME=name

Syntax Description

name: specifies a name for the SAS session. If the name contains a space, enclose the name in either single or double quotation marks.

Details

The name that is specified by the LOGAPPLNAME= system option is used to identify the name of a SAS session in logging facility logs if the S conversion character is specified in the pattern layout.

You can use the &SYSLOGAPPLNAME automatic macro variable to obtain the name of the SAS session in a SAS program.

	Conversion Characters
	SYSLOGAPPLNAME Automatic Macro Variable in SAS Macro Language: Reference