Process Names

When you publish a job for the first time, the name of the SAS Clinical Data Integration job is used to generate a default SAS Drug Development process name. The extension .sas is appended to the process name.
For example, the SAS Clinical Data Integration job named TestJob generates the default SAS Drug Development process named TestJob.sas.
You can change the process name.
Once the process name is specified, it must be valid. If a process name is generated from the job name, it is validated when it is generated. If you create or change a process name, it is validated after you complete the Target Filename field.
The following table lists the invalid process name conditions and how they are resolved.
Invalid Process Name Conditions and How They Are Resolved
Invalid Process Name Condition
Resolution to Create Valid Process Name
Starts or ends with a blank
Leading and trailing blanks are removed.
Contains two or more consecutive blanks
Two or more consecutive blanks are changed to a single blank.
Contains characters (such as & or *) other than the following characters:
  • alphanumeric characters
  • single blanks that do not occur at the start or end of the filename
  • ! # $ , ; = @ _ ` ~ - ^ ' .{ } [ ] ( )
Disallowed characters are removed.
Is empty
No change is made. The addition of the extension .sas creates a valid process name.
Is longer than 128 characters
The filename is truncated to 128 characters.
Note: After all of the changes are made, if the process name exceeds 128 characters and does not end with .sas, the process name is truncated to the first 124 characters, and .sas is appended.