Date:         Wed, 2 Jul 2008 12:06:25 -0700
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Subject:      Running SAS programs automatically on a periodic basis?
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Hello! I have a simple SAS program that I run every few days (it
imports an Excel file and converts it into a fixed-length text file).
It doesn't take long at all to run the program, but I was wondering if
there was a way to have the program run automatically without me
having to open the program and manually click 'Run'? Is it possible
the program could be run automatically on a periodic basis (e.g.,
every day at a specified time)? Would the SAS application have to be
left open to accomplish this? Thanks for any advice...

Julie