fix: issue with running jobs in viya2026 (all params must be strings)

tests/testinit.sas

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 /* location in metadata or SAS Drive for temporary files */
 %let mcTestAppLoc=/Users/&sysuserid/testresults/sasjs_core/%mf_uid();
 
+%let mcTestContext=SAS Job Execution compute context;
+
 /* set defaults */
 %mp_init()
 

tests/viyaonly/mv_jobflow.test.1.sas

@@ -33,19 +33,19 @@ data _null_;
   ;
 run;
 
-%mv_createjob(path=/Public/temp,name=demo1,code=testprog)
-%mv_createjob(path=/Public/temp,name=demo2,code=testprog)
+%mv_createjob(path=&mcTestAppLoc,name=demo1,code=testprog)
+%mv_createjob(path=&mcTestAppLoc,name=demo2,code=testprog)
 
 data work.inputjobs;
-  _contextName='SAS Job Execution compute context';
+  _contextName="&mcTestContext";
   do flow_id=1 to 2;
     do i=1 to 4;
-      _program='/Public/temp/demo1';
+      _program="&mcTestAppLoc/demo1";
       macrovar1=10*i;
       macrovar2=4*i;
       output;
       i+1;
-      _program='/Public/temp/demo2';
+      _program="&mcTestAppLoc/demo2";
       macrovar1=40*i;
       macrovar2=44*i;
       output;

tests/viyaonly/mv_jobflow.test.2.sas

@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@ data _null_;
   ;
 run;
 
-%mv_createjob(path=/Public/temp,name=demo1,code=testprog)
-%mv_createjob(path=/Public/temp,name=demo2,code=testprog)
+%mv_createjob(path=&mcTestAppLoc,name=demo1,code=testprog)
+%mv_createjob(path=&mcTestAppLoc,name=demo2,code=testprog)
 
 data work.inputjobs;
-  _contextName='SAS Job Execution compute context';
+  _contextName="&mcTestContext";
   do flow_id=1 to 2;
     do i=1 to 4;
-      _program='/Public/temp/demo1';
+      _program="&mcTestAppLoc/demo1";
       macrovar1=10*i;
       macrovar2=4*i;
       output;
       i+1;
-      _program='/Public/temp/demo2';
+      _program="&mcTestAppLoc/demo2";
       macrovar1=40*i;
       macrovar2=44*i;
       output;

viya/mv_jobflow.sas

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
   @li mf_nobs.sas
   @li mp_abort.sas
   @li mf_getplatform.sas
-  @li mf_getuniquefileref.sas
+  @li mf_getvarlist.sas
   @li mf_existvarlist.sas
   @li mv_jobwaitfor.sas
   @li mv_jobexecute.sas
@@ -234,14 +234,12 @@ data _null_;
   if last then call symputx('flowcnt',cnt,'l');
 run;
 
-/* prepare temporary datasets and frefs */
-%local fid jid jds jjson jdsapp jdsrunning jdswaitfor jfref;
+/* prepare temporary datasets */
+%local fid jid jds jdsapp jdsrunning jdswaitfor;
 data;run;%let jds=&syslast;
-data;run;%let jjson=&syslast;
 data;run;%let jdsapp=&syslast;
 data;run;%let jdsrunning=&syslast;
 data;run;%let jdswaitfor=&syslast;
-%let jfref=%mf_getuniquefileref();
 
 /* start loop */
 %do fid=1 %to &flowcnt;
@@ -259,23 +257,39 @@ data;run;%let jdswaitfor=&syslast;
       &dbg. if _n_= 1 then putlog "Loop &fid";
       &dbg. putlog (_all_)(=);
     run;
+    /* build list of char and num vars in json format */
+    /* Viya 2026 expects all values to be strings */
+    %local nvars cvars ii _vnm;
+    %let cvars=%mf_getvarlist(&jds,typefilter=C);
+    %let nvars=%mf_getvarlist(&jds,typefilter=N);
     %put exporting job variables in json format;
     %do jid=1 %to &jcnt;
-      data &jjson;
-        set &jds;
-        if _n_=&jid then do;
-          output;
-          stop;
-        end;
-      run;
-      proc json out=&jfref;
-        export &jjson / nosastags fmtnumeric;
-      run;
       data _null_;
-        infile &jfref lrecl=32767;
-        input;
-        jparams=cats('jparams',symget('jid'));
-        call symputx(jparams,substr(_infile_,3,length(_infile_)-4));
+        set &jds;
+        if _n_=&jid;
+        length _param $32767;
+        _param='';
+      %if %length(&cvars)>0 %then %do ii=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&cvars,%str( )));
+        %let _vnm=%scan(&cvars,&ii,%str( ));
+        if _param ne '' then _param=cats(_param,',');
+        _param=cats(_param,'"'
+          ,"%lowcase(&_vnm)"
+          ,'":'
+          ,quote(trim(&_vnm))
+        );
+      %end;
+      %if %length(&nvars)>0 %then %do ii=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&nvars,%str( )));
+        %let _vnm=%scan(&nvars,&ii,%str( ));
+        if _param ne '' then _param=cats(_param,',');
+        _param=cats(_param,'"'
+          ,"%lowcase(&_vnm)"
+          ,'":"'
+          ,strip(put(&_vnm,best32.))
+          ,'"'
+        );
+      %end;
+        call symputx(cats('jparams',&jid),_param,'l');
+        stop;
       run;
       %local jobuid&jid;
       %let jobuid&jid=0; /* used in next loop */
@@ -320,6 +334,7 @@ data;run;%let jdswaitfor=&syslast;
               ,paramstring=%superq(jparams&jid)
               ,outds=&jdsapp
               ,contextname=&&context&jid
+              ,mdebug=&mdebug
             )
             data &jdsapp;
               format jobparams $32767.;