Viewing the Log Window, Function Browser, and Data Explorer

To display the Log window, select ViewShow Log from the menu. When you display the Log window, you can view system, application, and program results by selecting the tabs that are located in the upper left corner of the window.

Click the SAS tab to view the contents of the SAS log. The content of the log represents output from the SAS server. In addition, commands that are sent to SAS are also present to add context to the log output.

The following display shows the Log window with a SAS log displayed:

The System tab in the Log window shows detailed information in the form of system messages. The window will be blank if no messages are logged.

The System window contains two vertical tabs that are located in the upper right section of the window. These tabs provide information about messages that might be of interest:

The Log window contains three buttons that are located at the bottom right of the window:

The Find button is located at the bottom left of the window. This button opens a dialog box that enables you to search your output. For example, searching for ERROR when the SAS tab is selected enables you to quickly find errors in the SAS log.

The Function Browser displays all of the functions that are listed in the left pane of the window. You can filter this list of functions to display a subset of the functions.

To display the Function Browser, select ViewShow Function Browser from the menu. A window similar to the following appears:

The partial output displayed above shows the functions in the application tree. You can filter the output and create a subset of the functions by entering your criteria in the Function Browser fields that are located above the list of functions. These fields are Library Name, Data Set Name, Package Name, and Function Name.

In the following display, the Package Name field is used as the filter. When you press the OK button that is located in the bottom right corner of the window, or if you press the Find button that is located in the upper right corner, the following window appears:

The math functions that are listed are a subset of all of the functions.

You can enter information in the fields that you choose, depending on your filter criteria. For example, if you enter a value, such as SASHELP, in the Library Name field, then all of the functions that are in the SASHELP library appear.

The Data Explorer enables you to view the data in a data set that you select. To display the Data Explorer, select ViewShow Data Explorer from the menu. A window similar to the following appears:

The Data Explorer window displays data set information based on the data set you select from the left pane.

By clicking the column headings, you can move the columns to reposition them in the display. When you click OK in the lower right section of the window, the changes that you made are saved.