feat: adding outref option to mv_jobflow so that logs of submitted jobs can be captured. Also making the context name and flow id optional in the input table, for ease of use.

all.sas

@@ -13378,18 +13378,19 @@ libname &libref;
 
   ## Input table (minimum variables needed)
 
-  @li FLOW_ID - Numeric value, provides sequential ordering capability
-  @li _CONTEXTNAME - Dictates which context should be used to run the job. If
-    blank, will default to `SAS Job Execution compute context`.
   @li _PROGRAM - Provides the path to the job itself
+  @li FLOW_ID - Numeric value, provides sequential ordering capability. Is
+    optional, will default to 0 if not provided.
+  @li _CONTEXTNAME - Dictates which context should be used to run the job. If
+    blank (or not provided), will default to `SAS Job Execution compute context`.
 
   Any additional variables provided in this table are converted into macro
   variables and passed into the relevant job.
 
-  | FLOW_ID| _CONTEXTNAME   |_PROGRAM|
+  |_PROGRAM| FLOW_ID (optional)| _CONTEXTNAME (optional) |
   |---|---|---|
-  |0|SAS Job Execution compute context|/Public/jobs/somejob1|
-  |0|SAS Job Execution compute context|/Public/jobs/somejob2|
+  |/Public/jobs/somejob1|0|SAS Job Execution compute context|
+  |/Public/jobs/somejob2|0|SAS Job Execution compute context|
 
   ## Output table (minimum variables produced)
 
@@ -13450,7 +13451,16 @@ libname &libref;
 
   Trigger the flow
 
-      %mv_jobflow(inds=work.inputjobs,outds=work.results,maxconcurrency=4)
+      %mv_jobflow(inds=work.inputjobs
+        ,maxconcurrency=4
+        ,outds=work.results
+        ,outref=myjoblog
+      )
+
+      data _null_;
+        infile myjoblog;
+        input; put _infile_;
+      run;
 
 
   @param [in] access_token_var= The global macro variable to contain the access token
@@ -13463,6 +13473,7 @@ libname &libref;
   @param [in] inds= The input dataset containing a list of jobs and parameters
   @param [in] maxconcurrency= The max number of parallel jobs to run.  Default=8.
   @param [out] outds= The output dataset containing the results
+  @param [out] outref= The output fileref to which to append the log file(s).
 
   @version VIYA V.03.05
   @author Allan Bowe, source: https://github.com/sasjs/core
@@ -13482,6 +13493,7 @@ libname &libref;
     ,maxconcurrency=8
     ,access_token_var=ACCESS_TOKEN
     ,grant_type=sas_services
+    ,outref=0
   );
 %local oauth_bearer;
 %if &grant_type=detect %then %do;
@@ -13504,16 +13516,29 @@ libname &libref;
   ,mac=&sysmacroname
   ,msg=%str(Input dataset was not provided)
 )
-%mp_abort(iftrue=(%mf_existVarList(&inds,_CONTEXTNAME FLOW_ID _PROGRAM)=0)
+%mp_abort(iftrue=(%mf_existVarList(&inds,_PROGRAM)=0)
   ,mac=&sysmacroname
-  ,msg=%str(The following columns must exist on input dataset &inds:
-    _CONTEXTNAME FLOW_ID _PROGRAM)
+  ,msg=%str(The _PROGRAM column must exist on input dataset &inds)
 )
 %mp_abort(iftrue=(&maxconcurrency<1)
   ,mac=&sysmacroname
   ,msg=%str(The maxconcurrency variable should be a positive integer)
 )
 
+/* set defaults if not provided */
+%if %mf_existVarList(&inds,_CONTEXTNAME FLOW_ID)=0 %then %do;
+  data &inds;
+    %if %mf_existvarList(&inds,_CONTEXTNAME)=0 %then %do;
+      length _CONTEXTNAME $128;
+      retain _CONTEXTNAME "SAS Job Execution compute context";
+    %end;
+    %if %mf_existvarList(&inds,FLOW_ID)=0 %then %do;
+      retain FLOW_ID 0;
+    %end;
+    set &inds;
+  run;
+%end;
+
 %local missings;
 proc sql noprint;
 select count(*) into: missings
@@ -13638,7 +13663,7 @@ data;run;%let jdswaitfor=&syslast;
     %end;
     %if &jid=&jcnt %then %do;
       /* we are at the end of the loop - time to see which jobs have finished */
-      %mv_jobwaitfor(ANY,inds=&jdsrunning,outds=&jdswaitfor)
+      %mv_jobwaitfor(ANY,inds=&jdsrunning,outds=&jdswaitfor,outref=&outref)
       %local done;
       %let done=%mf_nobs(&jdswaitfor);
       %if &done>0 %then %do;

viya/mv_jobflow.sas

@@ -9,18 +9,19 @@
 
   ## Input table (minimum variables needed)
 
-  @li FLOW_ID - Numeric value, provides sequential ordering capability
-  @li _CONTEXTNAME - Dictates which context should be used to run the job. If
-    blank, will default to `SAS Job Execution compute context`.
   @li _PROGRAM - Provides the path to the job itself
+  @li FLOW_ID - Numeric value, provides sequential ordering capability. Is
+    optional, will default to 0 if not provided.
+  @li _CONTEXTNAME - Dictates which context should be used to run the job. If
+    blank (or not provided), will default to `SAS Job Execution compute context`.
 
   Any additional variables provided in this table are converted into macro
   variables and passed into the relevant job.
 
-  | FLOW_ID| _CONTEXTNAME   |_PROGRAM|
+  |_PROGRAM| FLOW_ID (optional)| _CONTEXTNAME (optional) |
   |---|---|---|
-  |0|SAS Job Execution compute context|/Public/jobs/somejob1|
-  |0|SAS Job Execution compute context|/Public/jobs/somejob2|
+  |/Public/jobs/somejob1|0|SAS Job Execution compute context|
+  |/Public/jobs/somejob2|0|SAS Job Execution compute context|
 
   ## Output table (minimum variables produced)
 
@@ -81,7 +82,16 @@
 
   Trigger the flow
 
-      %mv_jobflow(inds=work.inputjobs,outds=work.results,maxconcurrency=4)
+      %mv_jobflow(inds=work.inputjobs
+        ,maxconcurrency=4
+        ,outds=work.results
+        ,outref=myjoblog
+      )
+
+      data _null_;
+        infile myjoblog;
+        input; put _infile_;
+      run;
 
 
   @param [in] access_token_var= The global macro variable to contain the access token
@@ -94,6 +104,7 @@
   @param [in] inds= The input dataset containing a list of jobs and parameters
   @param [in] maxconcurrency= The max number of parallel jobs to run.  Default=8.
   @param [out] outds= The output dataset containing the results
+  @param [out] outref= The output fileref to which to append the log file(s).
 
   @version VIYA V.03.05
   @author Allan Bowe, source: https://github.com/sasjs/core
@@ -113,6 +124,7 @@
     ,maxconcurrency=8
     ,access_token_var=ACCESS_TOKEN
     ,grant_type=sas_services
+    ,outref=0
   );
 %local oauth_bearer;
 %if &grant_type=detect %then %do;
@@ -135,16 +147,29 @@
   ,mac=&sysmacroname
   ,msg=%str(Input dataset was not provided)
 )
-%mp_abort(iftrue=(%mf_existVarList(&inds,_CONTEXTNAME FLOW_ID _PROGRAM)=0)
+%mp_abort(iftrue=(%mf_existVarList(&inds,_PROGRAM)=0)
   ,mac=&sysmacroname
-  ,msg=%str(The following columns must exist on input dataset &inds:
-    _CONTEXTNAME FLOW_ID _PROGRAM)
+  ,msg=%str(The _PROGRAM column must exist on input dataset &inds)
 )
 %mp_abort(iftrue=(&maxconcurrency<1)
   ,mac=&sysmacroname
   ,msg=%str(The maxconcurrency variable should be a positive integer)
 )
 
+/* set defaults if not provided */
+%if %mf_existVarList(&inds,_CONTEXTNAME FLOW_ID)=0 %then %do;
+  data &inds;
+    %if %mf_existvarList(&inds,_CONTEXTNAME)=0 %then %do;
+      length _CONTEXTNAME $128;
+      retain _CONTEXTNAME "SAS Job Execution compute context";
+    %end;
+    %if %mf_existvarList(&inds,FLOW_ID)=0 %then %do;
+      retain FLOW_ID 0;
+    %end;
+    set &inds;
+  run;
+%end;
+
 %local missings;
 proc sql noprint;
 select count(*) into: missings
@@ -269,7 +294,7 @@ data;run;%let jdswaitfor=&syslast;
     %end;
     %if &jid=&jcnt %then %do;
       /* we are at the end of the loop - time to see which jobs have finished */
-      %mv_jobwaitfor(ANY,inds=&jdsrunning,outds=&jdswaitfor)
+      %mv_jobwaitfor(ANY,inds=&jdsrunning,outds=&jdswaitfor,outref=&outref)
       %local done;
       %let done=%mf_nobs(&jdswaitfor);
       %if &done>0 %then %do;