SAS Enterprise: Run multiple Process Flows at once

Question

I can't seem to find a straightforward way to run multiple process flows at once. I can select multiple and right click, but the 'Run' function disappears.

Any ideas? Programmatic or otherwise?

Answer 1

Assuming you mean you want to run multiple flows sequentially, you would use an Ordered List to do that. You can include any number of programs in a process flow.

Process flows are intended to contain all of the items you want to run in one shot, so you would not normally run many entire process flows at once. You can of course run one, then run the next one, if it's a few. I don't believe you can link programs or objects from one process flow to another.

If you mean run simultaneously, then you can do that if you set your project up to allow parallel execution, and your server allows it. File -> Project Properties -> Code Submission, check "Allow parallel execution on the same server" allows you to run multiple things at once - but be aware that each submission is in its own distinct SAS session and doesn't have direct access to the other submissions' temporary libraries or macro variables.