Enabling logging in SAS® Enterprise Guide® 7.1 and later


There are two ways to enable logging in SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 and later. If you cannot start SAS Enterprise Guide, you must use Method 2 (see below).

Method 1

To enable logging in SAS Enterprise Guide 7.1 and later, follow these steps:

Enterprise Guide Application Logging

  1. In SAS Enterprise Guide, select Tools ► Options.
  2. Click Application Logging.
  3. Select the Enable logging check box.
  4. One log is produced for each SAS Enterprise Guide session. To find the logs, click Browse Log Files....

Method 2

To start the logging feature, copy the logging.config file from your SAS Enterprise Guide home directory (typically C:\Program Files\SASHome\SASEnterpriseGuide\7.1\) to this directory: %appdata%\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\7.1\

Note: SAS Enterprise Guide generates one log file for each SAS Enterprise Guide session. The logs reside in this directory: %appdata%\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\7.1\Logs

Finding the %APPDATA% Variable

To find the %APPDATA% Windows variable, enter the SET APPDATA command from a Windows command prompt, as shown below:

set appdata

The following is the default appdata location on Windows 7 and later:

C:\Users\user-ID\AppData\Roaming

Disabling Logging

To disable logging, delete the logging.config file from %appdata%\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\7.1.

For instructions on starting and stopping SAS Enterprise Guide logging in earlier versions, see SAS Note 17730: "Turning on logging in SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, and 6.1."