The SERVER Procedure

Introduction

You invoke the SERVER procedure to start a SAS/SHARE server, which enables multiple users to access and use SAS data libraries and members in those libraries at the same time. As part of server start-up, you may assign a server name, and you may specify optional properties such as permission for clients to define SAS data libraries to a server, a report of clients' resource consumption, and a password that a user must supply to access the server.

You can invoke the SERVER procedure using any of the SAS methods of processing: noninteractive mode, interactive line mode, display manager mode, or batch mode. Production SAS/SHARE servers are typically run in batch mode. For interactive testing, PROC SERVER is typically run in interactive line mode.

Note: If you use display manager, which is not recommended for running PROC SERVER, enter the display manager command AUTOSCROLL 1 on the command line of the Log window. [cautionend]

For details about how to invoke the SERVER procedure and for an example of a SAS log, see Starting and Managing a SAS/SHARE Server.

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