STIMER

STIMER

Specifies whether to display time-elapsed statistics after each DATA step and procedure

Default: STIMER

Valid in: configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement

Windows specifics: Reported statistics

Syntax
Details
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Syntax

-STIMER | -NOSTIMER

STIMER | NOSTIMER

STIMER: specifies to 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 not to write performance statistics to the SAS log.

Details

The STIMER system option prints to the SAS log the amount of time it took for the SAS System to complete a DATA step or procedure task.

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
The chapter on optimizing system performance in SAS Language Reference: Concepts.

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Default:	STIMER
Valid in:	configuration file, SAS invocation, OPTIONS statement
Windows specifics:	Reported statistics