Working with the SAS Deployed Job Node

Overview of the SAS Deployed Job Node

You can add a SAS Deployed Job node to a Flow tab in an orchestration job to run a job that has been deployed from SAS Data Integration Studio. Jobs are deployed in SAS Data Integration Studio for scheduling, as a SAS stored process, and as a SAS stored process that can be accessed by a web service client.

Inputs and Outputs to the SAS Deployed Job Node

The SAS Deployed Job node can take the inputs and outputs listed in the following table:

Inputs and Outputs to the SAS Deployed Job Node
Name	Description
Inputs:
SAS_CODE_REMOTE_FILE	The location on the metadata server where the deployed job object resides
SAS_LIST_STATUS	If equal to TRUE, a fragment of the output is sent as node status on each step boundary.
SAS_LIST_WORKTABLE_XML	When selected, saves the list output of the job. This output can be very large.
SAS_LOG_STATUS	If equal to TRUE a fragment of the log is sent as node status on each step boundary
SAS_LOG_WORKTABLE_XML	When selected, saves the log of the job. This log can be very large.
SAS_SERVER_NAME	The name of the logical pooled or non-pooled branch/component of the SAS Application server
SAS_STEPEVENTS	If equal to TRUE when the node is running, events are fired at each step boundary in the SAS program.
Unique Outputs:
FILE_DATA	The SAS code
SAS_LIST_CONTENTS_XML	The contents of the SAS program listing
SAS_LOG_CONTENTS_XML	The contents of the SAS program log
SAS_RC	The final return code from the SAS job.

Using the SAS Deployed Job Node

You can create an orchestration job that uses a SAS Deployed Job node in the Flow tab to run a deployed SAS Data Integration Studio job in the context of an orchestration job. For example, you could create a job that runs a deployed job.

This sample orchestration job is shown in the following display:

SAS Deployed Job Flow

The following display shows SAS Deployed Job node settings:

SAS Deployed Job Setting

Use this tab to access a job that was deployed from SAS Data Integration Studio. The default server was registered in SAS Management Console when SAS Visual Process Orchestration was installed. It corresponds to the SAS Logical Pooled Workspace Server. If necessary, you can instead explicitly select a SAS Logical Workspace Server. Note that the default server option is equivalent to the pooled workspace server.

If you select a non-pooled workspace server, then you or the user logged in to the Visual Process Orchestration environment needs a password stored in metadata. You can store the password in SAS Management Console’s User Manager. Also note that you might need to change the SAS Logical Workspace server component to SAS token authentication. In this case, refer to the Options tab step in the procedure covered in the “How to Configure SAS Token Authentication” section in the “Authentication Tasks” chapter in SAS Intelligence Platform: Security Administration Guide.

Note that you can use the Raise events for each step check box to specify that events are fired at each step boundary when the deployed job is running. You can also select the appropriate check box if you need to retain the log or the SAS output for the deployed job. Then, you can download the log or the output in the Run Status view.