Debug in EG

[lora]

Does debug work in Enterprise Guide?

I get an error in both the learning edition I have at home and the server version at work. I can't find any information that says they don't work together.

Thanks in advance!

 

[ChrisW75]

What do you mean by debug? And what error message are you getting?

Chris
Business Analyst, Code Monkey, Data Wrangler.
SAS Guru.

 

[lora]

Under help I found a debug environment code. The example code in help starts with: data tours (drop=type) / debug;
Debug (in help) says it allows you to step through the code to watch variable results. VB and VBA have similar debugger environments so I was excited to find this! But when I try to use it I get the error:
Error: Unable to initialize the data step debugger environment.

 

[ChrisW75]

A search on the SAS Support site, which is the best place for tracking down error messages gives this:-

http://support.sas.com/techsup/unotes/SN/010/010681.html

Basically, the debugger hasn't been put into EG and there's no alternative available either. You should still be able to use it with the old SAS environment though...

I recommend with error messages to do a search on the full error message with it in quotes (unless it mentions specific datasets, in which case it's best to break it up, excluding the dataset name) on the SAS support site, most error message get listed there with full explanations or what they mean, work arounds, if there's any way to fix it etc etc. For this one, I also added "Enterprise Guide" to get more specific results.
I hope this helps.

Chris
Business Analyst, Code Monkey, Data Wrangler.
SAS Guru.

 

[lora]

Thank you!

Depressing news on EG and debug - but the how to search for errors tip will be invaluable I'm sure!