SYSECHO Statement

Sends a global statement complete event and passes a text string back to the IOM client.

Valid in:Anywhere
Category:Program Control
Restrictions:This statement is not valid on the CAS server.
Has an effect only in objectserver mode

Syntax

SYSECHO <"text"> ;

Without Arguments

Using SYSECHO without arguments sends a global statement complete event to the IOM client.

Arguments

"text"

specifies a text string that is passed back to the IOM client.

Range1–64 characters
RequirementThe text string must be enclosed in double quotation marks.

Details

The SYSECHO statement enables IOM clients to manually track the progress of a segment of a submitted SAS program.
When the SYSECHO statement is executed, a global statement complete event is generated and, if specified, the text string is passed back to the IOM client.
Last updated: March 29, 2017