56527 - SAS® Enterprise Guide® might display "The job cannot depend on itself" when running certain process flows

Problem Note 56527: SAS® Enterprise Guide® might display "The job cannot depend on itself" when running certain process flows

When running a process flow, SAS Enterprise Guide might display the following error:

The job cannot depend on itself

This error is most likely to occur when tasks or code and data are linked and arranged in a loop within the process flow.

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Enterprise Guide	Microsoft® Windows® for x64	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Windows 7 Enterprise x64	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3
		Windows 7 Professional x64	7.1	7.12	9.4 TS1M0	9.4 TS1M3

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Guide 7.11 is available at:

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2015-08-31 16:28:42
Date Created:	2015-08-31 11:36:55