1. A brief introduction to the topic
User-Written vs. System-Generated SAS® Source Code: Is System-Generated Code a Boon or Bane to Programmers?
A brief introduction to the topic
Thomas E. Billings
MUFG Union Bank, N.A.,
San Francisco, California
This work by Thomas E. Billings is licensed (2016) under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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3. User-written code (1) Traditional model:
all SAS® code is directly user-written or
indirectly written: generated by user-written SAS macros, Lua code, DATA steps.
SAS macros can now operate on arbitrary text, via PROC STREAM.

4. User-written code (2)
Batch environment process shown; windowing, interactive line mode environments are similar:

5. System-generated SAS code
Many SAS tools can generate SAS code, e.g.:
SAS Enterprise Guide
SAS Studio (SQL GUI)
SAS Data Integration Studio
and many more!
Diverse: operational use of generated SAS code can vary by tool & application; also importance of underlying processes may vary with context.

6. Client-server environment
Most system-generated code is produced by SAS tools that run in the client-server environment. Such code can be run in client-server environment OR -with changes - in other environments

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