Functions and CALL Routines

SYSPROCESSID Function

Returns the process ID of the current process.

Category:

Special

Syntax
Details
Examples
	Example 1: Using a DATA Step
	Example 2: Using SAS Macro Language
See Also

Syntax

SYSPROCESSID()

Details

The SYSPROCESSID function returns the 32-character hexadecimal ID of the current process. This ID can be passed to the SYSPROCESSNAME function to obtain the name of the current process.

Examples

Example 1: Using a DATA Step

The following DATA step writes the current process id to the SAS log:

data _null_;
   id=sysprocessid();
   put id;
run;

Example 2: Using SAS Macro Language

The following SAS Macro Language code writes the current process id to the SAS log:

%let id=%sysfunc(sysprocessid());
%put &id;