When you submit a program through the Background Submit feature in SAS Studio, and the file contains errors, a log file is not created as expected.

In order to see the error messages, navigate from a system prompt to the /opt/sas/viya/config/var/log/compsrv/default folder. Then open the ComputeServer_yyyy-mm-dd_viya_numeral.pgm.log file.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note for a link to instructions about accessing and applying the software update.

Operating System and Release Information

Viya on Windows: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Windows Deployment Guide at

Viya on Linux: An update for this issue is available for SAS Viya 3.5. For instructions on how to access and apply software updates, see the Updating Your SAS Viya software section in the SAS Viya 3.5 for Linux Deployment Guide at