The information in this
section is recommended for
SAS/SHARE server administrators who write SAS programs.
The server log records
messages that result from starting and stopping a server and from
many intervening client/server transactions. The PROC SERVER statement
is used to explicitly start server logging with the specific features
that you want.
For more information
about the PROC SERVER statement, see The SERVER Procedure. Here is
the syntax for the PROC SERVER statement with two options that you
can use to start logging:
PROC SERVER MSGNUMBER ID=DEMOSERV;
To make the log's raw
data meaningful, you can use a set of server log analysis programs
to examine specific data resources and to create usable reports. Analysis
of the logged data resources of several
SAS/SHARE servers allows you to compare server performance and
to balance workloads among them.
To prepare for server
log analysis, set the message numbering feature. Message numbering
assigns a number to each message that is recorded in the log. The
server log analysis programs parse messages by using the associated
numbers.