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Running SAS Code by Task

Run selected code or all code in active editor​

  1. Open the command palette (F1, or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows or Linux, or Shift+CMD+P on OSX) and execute the Tasks: Run Task command.
  2. Select the sas task category and then select the sas: Run sas file task.
  3. This task automatically runs selected code or all code in active editor (depending on whether you have selected any code).

Custom task to run specified SAS file in workspace​

  1. Open the command palette (F1, or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows or Linux, or Shift+CMD+P on OSX) and execute the Tasks: Configure Task command.
  2. Select sas: Run sas file task.
  3. The tasks.json file opens with an initial task definition:
{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "type": "sas",
      "task": "Run sas file",
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "label": "sas: Run sas file"
    }
  ]
}
  1. Add the file field and assign a SAS file name to it.
  2. Update the label field. Here is an example of the final task definition:
{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "type": "sas",
      "task": "Run sas file",
      "file": "my.sas",
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "label": "run my.sas code"
    }
  ]
}
  1. Save tasks.json.
  2. This custom task can be run by Run Tasks... in the global Terminal menu

Note:

  • If you do not specify a file property or you assign an empty string to the file property in your task definition, the custom task will use the default properties of a built-in task.

Custom task to run sas code with preamble and postamble added​

  1. Open the command palette (F1, or Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows or Linux, or Shift+CMD+P on OSX) and execute the Tasks: Configure Task command.
  2. Select sas: Run sas file task.
  3. Add preamble and/or postamble properties and enter the SAS code.
  4. if a file is specified, the preamble and postamble will be added in the code from this file when this task is executed.
  5. If file is absent, then preamble and postamble will be added in the selected code (if you have selected code) or all code in active editor when this task is executed.
{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "type": "sas",
      "task": "Run sas file",
      "file": "code.sas",
      "preamble": "some code*",
      "postamble": "some code*",
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "label": "Run additional code"
    }
  ]
}

Assigning keyboard shortcuts to tasks​

If you need to run a task frequently, you can define a keyboard shortcut for the task.

For example, to assign Ctrl+H to the run additional code task from above, add the following to your keybindings.json file:

{
  "key": "ctrl+h",
  "command": "workbench.action.tasks.runTask",
  "args": "Run additional code"
}