STIMER

STIMER

Writes a subset of system performance statistics to the SAS log

Default: NOSTIMER

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window

CMS specifics: all

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Syntax

STIMER | NOSTIMER

STIMER: specifies that SAS collect and display the timing statistics TCPU and VCPU and to display a list of computer resources used for each step.
NOSTIMER: specifies that SAS software collect no timing statistics.

Details

The STIMER system option specifies whether CPU timing statistics of your SAS session are collected. The STATS option must also be in effect for the statistics to be printed in the log.

Note: Use of the STIMER option might degrade performance of SAS. [cautionend]

Certain procedures require the use of STIMER if they are to use or display the time consumed.

See Also

FULLSTIMER
SAS Language Reference: Dictionary

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Default:	NOSTIMER
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, OPTIONS window
CMS specifics:	all