In SAS/CONNECT, submitting a SIGNON statement to initiate a remote session might appear to be successful. However, after you submit the SIGNON statement, you might see the following error messages after you attempt to run a remote submit block of code with an RSUBMIT statement:

Re-running the SIGNON and RSUBMIT statements a second time results in the successful completion of the code.

The problem occurs only when the SIGNON statement is submitted from within a DATA step. Here is an example:

A workaround is to remove the SIGNON statement from within the DATA step and place it into open code.

This issue affects SAS^® 9.4M7 (TS1M7), SAS^® Viya^® 3.5, and SAS^® Viya^® 2020.1 installations.

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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

A fix for this issue for SAS/CONNECT 9.4_M7 is available at: