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Problem Note 56527: SAS® Enterprise Guide® might display "The job cannot depend on itself" when running certain process flows
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When running a process flow, SAS Enterprise Guide might display the following error:
The job cannot depend on itself
This error is most likely to occur when tasks or code and data are linked and arranged in a loop within the process flow.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 7.1 | 7.12 | 9.4 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 | ||