STIMER

STIMER

Writes a subset of system performance statistics to the SAS log

Language element: system option

Default: STIMER

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol

OpenVMS specifics: All aspects are host-specific

Syntax
Details
Comparisons
See Also

Syntax

STIMER | NOSTIMER

STIMER: specifies that the SAS System write the statistics. When STIMER is in effect, the SAS System writes to the SAS log a list of computer resources used for each step and the entire SAS session.
NOSTIMER: specifies that the SAS System not write performance statistics to the SAS log.

Details

The STIMER system option specifies whether performance statistics of your operating environment are written to the SAS log.

Under OpenVMS, the STIMER option writes the following statistics:

elapsed time
CPU time.

If both STIMER and FULLSTIMER are set, the FULLSTIMER statistics are printed.

Comparisons

The STIMER system option specifies whether a subset of all the performance statistics of your operating environment that are available to the SAS System are written to the SAS log. The FULLSTIMER system option specifies whether all of the available performance statistics are written to the SAS log.

See Also

System option: FULLSTIMER
System option: STIMEFMT

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Language element:	system option
Default:	STIMER
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement, System Options window, VMS_SAS_OPTIONS DCL symbol
OpenVMS specifics:	All aspects are host-specific