Minimalism
SAS stored processes can do a lot. While I haven’t taken on the life of a true minimalist, recently I have come to see the benefits of limiting my stored process source code to just one statement. And the best part of this practice is, I can still do everything I want.
When you create a stored process, SAS writes the source code somewhere (see Tricia’s post on where the code is stored). Typically you enter the source code in the stored process wizard. I am now in the habit of typing just one %INCLUDE statement in the source code, and I end up with a stored process window that looks like below. I use the /source2 option to make sure the included code is written to the log.
