%LOG4SAS Autocall Macro

Initializes the logging environment to use autocall macros.
Category: Logging
Requirements: The MAUTOSOURCE system option must be set.
This macro must be invoked before any other logging autocall macro can be invoked.
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Syntax

%LOG4SAS( )

Details

You invoke the %LOG4SAS autocall macro in order to initialize the logging environment for SAS programming. To ensure that the logging environment is initialized when SAS starts, you can invoke the %LOG4SAS autocall macro as follows:
  • in your autoexec file
  • as a statement that is specified in the INITSTMT system option, which can be placed in the SAS configuration file or on the SAS command line.
You can also invoke the %LOG4SAS autocall macro by placing it at the beginning of your SAS program.

See Also

%LOG4SAS_APPENDER Autocall Macro
%LOG4SAS_LOGGER Autocall Macro
%LOG4SAS_DEBUG Autocall Macro
%LOG4SAS_TRACE Autocall Macro
%LOG4SAS_WARN Autocall Macro
%LOG4SAS_INFO Autocall Macro
%LOG4SAS_ERROR Autocall Macro
%LOG4SAS_FATAL Autocall Macro
Example of Using Autocall Macros to Log Messages
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