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Determining the Completion Status of a SAS Job

Under OpenVMS, three symbols are set at SAS termination that indicate the success or failure of the SAS job: SAS$STATUS, $SEVERITY, and $STATUS.

SAS$STATUS indicates the final state of the SAS session. A value of 0 indicates normal termination. If any of the following versions of the SAS ABORT statement are used, then SAS$STATUS is set to the value n:
```
abort n;
abort return n;
abort abend n;
```
where n can range from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647.
If you issue these statements without specifying n, then SAS$STATUS is set to the following values:

abort;

sets SAS$STATUS to 12.

abort return;

sets SAS$STATUS to 12.

abort abend;

sets SAS$STATUS to 999.

If a fatal error occurs and the SAS session does not terminate normally, then SAS$STATUS is set to either 999 or 998, depending on the type of internal error.
For more information about the ABORT statement, see ABORT and SAS Language Reference: Dictionary.
$SEVERITY indicates the most severe status of any step in your SAS program. To see the value of $SEVERITY, use the SHOW SYMBOL $SEVERITY DCL command. Severity Levels for $SEVERITY correlates the value of $SEVERITY with the severity level of the step in your program.

Severity Levels for $SEVERITY
Value of $SEVERITY Severity Level

0 WARNING

1 SUCCESS

2 ERROR

3 INFORMATIONAL

4 FATAL

$STATUS also indicates the most severe status of any step in your SAS program. An OpenVMS severity level is associated with each value. You can check the severity level of $STATUS with the SHOW SYMBOL $STATUS DCL command to determine the final status of your SAS job. Severity Levels for $STATUS shows the severity levels that are associated with $STATUS under the given conditions.

Severity Levels for $STATUS
Condition Severity Level Return Code Value

All steps terminated normally SUCCESS "%X1801A261"

SAS issued warning(s) WARNING "%X1801A3E0"

SAS issued error(s) ERROR "%X1801A44A"

User issued the ABORT statement INFORMATIONAL "%X1801A303"

User issued the ABORT RETURN statement INFORMATIONAL "%X1801A30B"

User issued the ABORT ABEND statement FATAL "%X1801A4F4"

SAS terminated abnormally FATAL "%X1801A4FC"

Core internal error FATAL "%X1801A4E4"

Host internal error FATAL "%X1801A4EC"

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