User-created AUTOCALL macros can be used in stored processes when the autocall library is configured using one of three methods:

Method 1: Store the .sas files for the user-created AUTOCALL macros in the !SASHOME\SASFoundation\9.4\core\sasmacro (Windows), or !SASROOT/sasautos (UNIX) directory, or the sasprefix.AUTOLIB (z/OS) PDS along with the SAS^® supplied AUTOCALL macros.

Method 2: Store the .sas files for the user-created AUTOCALL macros in the directory where the SAS^® Application Servers in the BI environment automatically looks for additional AUTOCALL macros:

SAS-configuration-directory\Lev1\SASApp\SASEnvironment\SASMacro (for Windows) 
SAS-configuration-directory/Lev1/SASApp/SASEnvironment/SASMacro (for UNIX)  
./SASEnvironment/SASMacro (for z/OS)  

Method 3: Store the .sas files for the user-created AUTOCALL macros in a directory other than the ones listed above, which must be concatenated into the SASAUTOS system option search path. The default SASAUTOS directory search path is determined when SAS initializes by reading the SAS configuration files associated with the installation.

Multiple SAS configuration files are read by default when a stored process is executed through a workspace server or a stored process server. For example, in a Windows environment, the SAS configuration files read by default by a stored process server are similar to the following:

Note: The search path for SASAUTOS, along with more configuration file settings, can be echoed in the server log by invoking SAS with the –VERBOSE system option.

Choose on of the following methods to append your custom AUTOCALL macro path to the SASAUTOS path for use with stored processes:

• To enable custom AUTOCALL macros for all SAS sessions invoked from the installation, add the custom SASAUTOS path to the sasv9.cfg file that resides in the !SASHOME\SASFoundation\9.4\nls\en directory on Windows platforms or in the !SASROOT\SASFoundation\9.4 directory on UNIX platforms.
  
  Here is an example:
  /* Set up the SAS System autocall library definition */
  –SET SASAUTOS (
       "!sasroot\core\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\access\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\assist\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\eis\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\ets\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\genetics\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\gis\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\graph\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\iml\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\or\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\qc\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0\share\sasmacro"
       "!sasext0stat\sasmacro"
  "c:\myautocalls\dir"
  )


• To enable custom AUTOCALL macros for all BI application servers, add the custom SASAUTOS path to the sasv9_usermods.cfg file that resides in the SAS-configuration-directory\Lev1\SASApp directory.
  
  Here is an example:
  -sasautos ("c:\myautocalls\dir" "SASEnvironment/sasMacro" SASAUTOS)


• To enable custom AUTOCALL macros for all SAS Stored Process Servers (not workspace servers), add the custom SASAUTOS path to the sasv9_usermods.cfg file that resides in the SAS-configuration-directory\Lev1\SASApp\StoredProcessServer directory.
  
  Here is an example:
  -sasautos ("c:\myautocalls\dir" "SASEnvironment/sasMacro" SASAUTOS)
  
  Note: For SAS Workspace Server, add the -SASAUTOS system option in the sasv9_usermods.cfg file found in the SAS-configuration-directory\Lev1\SASApp\WorkspaceServer directory.


• To enable custom AUTOCALL macros for individual stored processes, add the custom SASAUTOS path by adding the path in an OPTIONS statement that is specified at the beginning of the stored process code.
  
  Here is an example:
  OPTIONS SASAUTOS=("c:\myautocalls\dir" "SASEnvironment/sasMacro" SASAUTOS)
  
  Note: Permissions on any directory appended to the SASAUTOS search path MUST be sufficient for the SAS session to read the files. Stored process servers are started using the sassrv account (or the login account defined for the SAS General Servers group) by default. Workspace servers are started using the client user's login account.

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