STP Procedure
Overview: STP Procedure
The STP procedure enables
stored process execution from a SAS program. PROC STP can be executed
in an interactive, batch, or server SAS session and can also be executed
by another stored process.
The
stored process executes locally, but it runs within an independent
execution environment with its own WORK library and macro symbol table.
Data, files, and macro values can be passed between the SAS environment
and the stored process environment by using optional PROC STP statements.
Note: PROC STP must have access
to the stored process metadata in order to locate the stored process
source code. PROC STP also checks input parameters against the input
parameters that are defined in the metadata. In order to specify
the metadata server and connection profile to use with PROC STP, use
the following system options: METASERVER, METAPORT, METAUSER, and
METAPASS. Define these options before running PROC STP.