Merge pull request #311 from sasjs/allanbowe/mv-createfile-needs-a-310

feat: adding ctype option to mv_createfile.sas macro

.github/vpn/config.ovpn

@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-cipher AES-256-CBC
-setenv FORWARD_COMPATIBLE 1
-client
-server-poll-timeout 4
-nobind
-remote vpn.analytium.co.uk 1194 udp
-remote vpn.analytium.co.uk 1194 udp
-remote vpn.analytium.co.uk 443 tcp
-remote vpn.analytium.co.uk 1194 udp
-remote vpn.analytium.co.uk 1194 udp
-remote vpn.analytium.co.uk 1194 udp
-remote vpn.analytium.co.uk 1194 udp
-remote vpn.analytium.co.uk 1194 udp
-dev tun
-dev-type tun
-ns-cert-type server
-setenv opt tls-version-min 1.0 or-highest
-reneg-sec 604800
-sndbuf 0
-rcvbuf 0
-# NOTE: LZO commands are pushed by the Access Server at connect time.
-# NOTE: The below line doesn't disable LZO.
-comp-lzo no
-verb 3
-setenv PUSH_PEER_INFO
-
-ca ca.crt
-cert user.crt
-key user.key
-tls-auth tls.key 1

.github/workflows/run-tests.yml

@@ -21,31 +21,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
 
-      - name: Write VPN Files
-        run: |
-          echo "$CA_CRT" > .github/vpn/ca.crt
-          echo "$USER_CRT" > .github/vpn/user.crt
-          echo "$USER_KEY" > .github/vpn/user.key
-          echo "$TLS_KEY" > .github/vpn/tls.key
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          CA_CRT: ${{ secrets.CA_CRT}}
-          USER_CRT: ${{ secrets.USER_CRT }}
-          USER_KEY: ${{ secrets.USER_KEY }}
-          TLS_KEY: ${{ secrets.TLS_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Install Open VPN
-        run: |
-          sudo apt install apt-transport-https
-          sudo wget https://swupdate.openvpn.net/repos/openvpn-repo-pkg-key.pub
-          sudo apt-key add openvpn-repo-pkg-key.pub
-          sudo wget -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn3.list https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/openvpn3/repos/openvpn3-focal.list
-          sudo apt update
-          sudo apt install openvpn3
-
-      - name: Start Open VPN 3
-        run: openvpn3 session-start --config .github/vpn/config.ovpn
-
       - name: Install Doxygen
         run: sudo apt-get install doxygen
 
@@ -78,7 +53,5 @@ jobs:
           SECRET: ${{secrets.SECRET}}
           SAS_USERNAME: ${{secrets.SAS_USERNAME}}
           SAS_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.SAS_PASSWORD}}
-          SERVER_URL: ${{secrets.SERVER_URL}}
-          SERVER_TYPE: ${{secrets.SERVER_TYPE}}
           ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN}}
           REFRESH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.REFRESH_TOKEN}}

README.md

@@ -36,21 +36,21 @@ Documentation: https://core.sasjs.io
 - OS independent
 - Works on all SAS Platforms
 - No X command
-- Prefixes: _mf_, _mp_
+- Prefixes: `mf_`, `mp_`
 
 ### DDL folder (All Platforms)
 
 - OS independent
 - Works on all SAS Platforms
 - No X command
-- Prefixes: _mddl_(lib)_ -> where lib can be "SAS" (in relation to a SAS component) or "DC" (in relation to a Data Controller component)
+- Prefixes: `mddl_(lib)_` -> where lib can be "SAS" (in relation to a SAS component) or "DC" (in relation to a Data Controller component)
 
 This library will not be used for storing data entries (such as formats or datalines).  Where this becomes necessary in the future, a new repo will be created, in order to keep the NPM bundle size down (for the benefit of those looking to embed purely macros in their applications).
 
 ### FCMP folder (All Platforms)
 
 - Function and macro names are identical, except for special cases
-- Prefixes: _mcf_
+- Prefixes: `mcf_`
 
 The fcmp macros are used to generate fcmp functions, and can be used with or without the `proc fcmp` wrapper.
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ endsubmit;
 run;
 ```
 
-- Prefixes: _ml_
+- Prefixes: `ml_`
 
 ### META folder (SAS9 only)
 
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ Macros used in SAS EBI, which connect to the metadata server.
 - OS independent
 - Metadata aware
 - No X command
-- Prefixes: _mm_
+- Prefixes: `mm_`
 
 ### METAX folder (SAS9 only)
 
 - OS specific
 - Metadata aware
 - X command enabled
-- Prefixes: _mmw_,_mmu_,_mmx_
+- Prefixes: `mmx_`
 
 ### SERVER folder (@sasjs/server only)
 These macros are used for building applications using [@sasjs/server](https://server.sasjs.io) - an open source REST API for Desktop SAS.
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ These macros are used for building applications using [@sasjs/server](https://se
 - OS independent
 - @sasjs/server aware
 - No X command
-- Prefixes: _ms_
+- Prefixes: `ms_`
 
 ### VIYA folder (Viya only)
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Macros used for interfacing with SAS Viya.
 
 - OS independent
 - No X command
-- Prefixes: _mv_, _mvf_
+- Prefixes: `mv_`, `mvf_`
 
 ### XPLATFORM folder (Viya, Meta, and Server)
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Sometimes it is helpful to use a macro that can be used interchangeably regardle
 
 - OS independent
 - No X command
-- Prefixes: _mx_
+- Prefixes: `mx_`
 
 ## Installation
 

base/mp_createconstraints.sas

@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@
       %mp_deleteconstraints(inds=work.constraints,outds=dropped,execute=YES)
       %mp_createconstraints(inds=work.constraints,outds=created,execute=YES)
 
-  @param inds= The input table containing the constraint info
-  @param outds= a table containing the create statements (create_statement column)
-  @param execute= `YES|NO` - default is NO. To actually create, use YES.
+  @param inds= (work.mp_getconstraints) The input table containing the
+    constraint info
+  @param outds= (work.mp_createconstraints) A table containing the create
+    statements (create_statement column)
+  @param execute= (NO) To actually create, use YES.
 
-  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li mp_getconstraints.sas
 
   @version 9.2
   @author Allan Bowe
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@
 **/
 
 %macro mp_createconstraints(inds=mp_getconstraints
-  ,outds=mp_createconstraints
+  ,outds=work.mp_createconstraints
   ,execute=NO
 )/*/STORE SOURCE*/;
 
@@ -64,4 +67,4 @@ data &outds;
   output;
 run;
 
-%mend mp_createconstraints;
+%mend mp_createconstraints;

base/mp_dictionary.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+  @file mp_dictionary.sas
+  @brief Creates a portal (libref) into the SQL Dictionary Views
+  @details Provide a libref and the macro will create a series of views against
+  each view in the special PROC SQL dictionary libref.
+
+  This is useful if you would like to visualise (navigate) the views in a SAS
+  client such as Base SAS, Enterprise Guide, or Studio (or [Data Controller](
+  https://datacontroller.io)).
+
+  It works by extracting the dictionary.dictionaries view into
+  YOURLIB.dictionaries, then uses that to create a YOURLIB.{viewName} for every
+  other dictionary.view, eg:
+
+      proc sql;
+      create view YOURLIB.columns as select * from dictionary.columns;
+
+  Usage:
+
+      libname demo "/lib/directory";
+      %mp_dictionary(lib=demo)
+
+  Or, to just create them in WORK:
+
+      %mp_dictionary()
+
+  If you'd just like to browse the dictionary data model, you can also check
+  out [this article](https://rawsas.com/dictionary-of-dictionaries/).
+
+  ![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4420615/188278365-2987db97-0594-4a39-ac81-dbacdef5cdc8.png)
+
+  @param lib= (WORK) The libref in which to create the views
+
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li mp_dictionary.test.sas
+
+  @version 9.2
+  @author Allan Bowe
+
+**/
+
+%macro mp_dictionary(lib=WORK)/*/STORE SOURCE*/;
+  %local list i mem;
+  proc sql noprint;
+  create view &lib..dictionaries as select * from dictionary.dictionaries;
+  select distinct memname into: list separated by ' '  from &lib..dictionaries;
+  %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&list,%str( )));
+    %let mem=%scan(&list,&i,%str( ));
+    create view &lib..&mem as select * from dictionary.&mem;
+  %end;
+  quit;
+%mend mp_dictionary;

base/mp_dsmeta.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Export dataset metadata to a single output table
+  @details Exports the dataset attributes and enginehost information, then
+  converts the datasets into a single output table in the following format:
+
+|ODS_TABLE:$10.|NAME:$100.|VALUE:$1000.|
+|---|---|---|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Data Set Name `|`SASHELP.CLASS `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Observations `|`19 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Member Type `|`DATA `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Variables `|`5 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Engine `|`V9 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Indexes `|`0 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Created `|`06/08/2020 00:59:14 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Observation Length `|`40 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Last Modified `|`06/08/2020 00:59:14 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Deleted Observations `|`0 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Protection `|`. `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Compressed `|`NO `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Data Set Type `|`. `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Sorted `|`NO `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Label `|`Student Data `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Data Representation `|`SOLARIS_X86_64, LINUX_X86_64, ALPHA_TRU64, LINUX_IA64 `|
+|`ATTRIBUTES `|`Encoding `|`us-ascii  ASCII (ANSI) `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Data Set Page Size `|`65536 `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Number of Data Set Pages `|`1 `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`First Data Page `|`1 `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Max Obs per Page `|`1632 `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Obs in First Data Page `|`19 `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Number of Data Set Repairs `|`0 `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Filename `|`/opt/sas/sas9/SASHome/SASFoundation/9.4/sashelp/class.sas7bdat `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Release Created `|`9.0401M7 `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Host Created `|`Linux `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Inode Number `|`28314616 `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Access Permission `|`rw-r--r-- `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`Owner Name `|`sas `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`File Size `|`128KB `|
+|`ENGINEHOST `|`File Size (bytes) `|`131072 `|
+
+  Example usage:
+
+      %mp_dsmeta(sashelp.class,outds=work.mymeta)
+      proc print data=work.mymeta;
+      run;
+
+  For more details on creating datasets from PROC CONTENTS check out this
+  excellent [paper](
+  https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings14/1549-2014.pdf) by
+  [Louise Hadden](https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisehadden/).
+
+  @param libds The library.dataset to export the metadata for
+  @param outds= (work.dsmeta) The output table to contain the metadata
+
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li mp_dsmeta.test.sas
+  @li mp_getcols.sas
+  @li mp_getdbml.sas
+  @li mp_getddl.sas
+  @li mp_getformats.sas
+  @li mp_getpk.sas
+  @li mp_guesspk.sas
+
+**/
+
+%macro mp_dsmeta(libds,outds=work.dsmeta);
+
+%local ds1 ds2;
+data;run; %let ds1=&syslast;
+data;run; %let ds2=&syslast;
+
+/* setup the ODS capture */
+ods output attributes=&ds1 enginehost=&ds2;
+
+/* export the metadata */
+proc contents data=&libds;
+run;
+
+/* load it into a single table */
+data &outds (keep=ods_table name value);
+  length ods_table $10 name label2 label1 label $100
+    value cvalue cvalue1 cvalue2 $1000
+    nvalue nvalue1 nvalue2 8;
+  if _n_=1 then call missing (of _all_);
+  * putlog (_all_)(=);
+  set &ds1 (in=atrs) &ds2 (in=eng);
+  if atrs then do;
+    ods_table='ATTRIBUTES';
+    name=coalescec(label1,label);
+    value=coalescec(cvalue1,cvalue,put(coalesce(nvalue1,nvalue),best.));
+    output;
+    if label2 ne '' then do;
+    name=label2;
+    value=coalescec(cvalue2,put(nvalue2,best.));
+    output;
+    end;
+  end;
+  else if eng then do;
+    ods_table='ENGINEHOST';
+    name=coalescec(label1,label);
+    value=coalescec(cvalue1,cvalue,put(coalesce(nvalue1,nvalue),best.));
+    output;
+  end;
+run;
+
+proc sql;
+drop table &ds1, &ds2;
+
+%mend mp_dsmeta;
+

base/mp_jsonout.sas

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to JSON
 
-  <h4> Related Macros </h4>
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
   @li mp_ds2fmtds.sas
 
   @version 9.2
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@
   ,showmeta=N
   ,maxobs=MAX
 )/*/STORE SOURCE*/;
-%local tempds colinfo fmtds i numcols stmt_obs tempvar lastobs optval;
+%local tempds colinfo fmtds i numcols numobs stmt_obs lastobs optval
+  tmpds1 tmpds2 tmpds3 tmpds4;
 %let numcols=0;
 %if &maxobs ne MAX %then %let stmt_obs=%str(if _n_>&maxobs then stop;);
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@
     by varnum;
   run;
   /* move meta to mac vars */
-  data _null_;
+  data &colinfo;
     if _n_=1 then call symputx('numcols',nobs,'l');
     set &colinfo end=last nobs=nobs;
     name=upcase(name);
@@ -135,18 +136,17 @@
     end;
     /* 32 char unique name */
     newname='sasjs'!!substr(cats(put(md5(name),$hex32.)),1,27);
-    maxlenv='maxlen'!!substr(cats(put(md5(name),$hex32.)),1,26);
 
     call symputx(cats('name',_n_),name,'l');
     call symputx(cats('newname',_n_),newname,'l');
-    call symputx(cats('maxlenv',_n_),maxlenv,'l');
     call symputx(cats('length',_n_),length,'l');
-    /* overwritten when fmt=Y */
-    call symputx(cats('fmtlen',_n_),min(32767,ceil((length+3)*1.2)),'l');
     call symputx(cats('fmt',_n_),fmt,'l');
     call symputx(cats('type',_n_),type,'l');
     call symputx(cats('typelong',_n_),typelong,'l');
     call symputx(cats('label',_n_),coalescec(label,name),'l');
+    /* overwritten when fmt=Y and a custom format exists in catalog */
+    if typelong='num' then call symputx(cats('fmtlen',_n_),200,'l');
+    else call symputx(cats('fmtlen',_n_),min(32767,ceil((length+10)*1.5)),'l');
   run;
 
   %let tempds=%substr(_%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32);
@@ -189,30 +189,82 @@
     %end;
 
     %if &fmt=Y %then %do;
-      %let tempvar=%substr(_%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32);
-      /* need to find max length of formatted values */
+      /**
+        * Extract format definitions
+        * First, by getting library locations from dictionary.formats
+        * Then, by exporting the width using proc format
+        * Cannot use maxw from sashelp.vformat as not always populated
+        * Cannot use fmtinfo() as not supported in all flavours
+        */
+      %let tmpds1=%substr(fmtsum%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32);
+      %let tmpds2=%substr(cntl%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32);
+      %let tmpds3=%substr(cntl%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32);
+      %let tmpds4=%substr(col%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32);
+      proc sql noprint;
+      create table &tmpds1 as
+          select cats(libname,'.',memname) as FMTCAT,
+          FMTNAME
+        from dictionary.formats
+        where fmttype='F' and libname is not null
+          and fmtname in (select format from &colinfo where format is not null)
+        order by 1;
+      create table &tmpds2(
+          FMTNAME char(32),
+          LENGTH num
+      );
+      %local catlist cat fmtlist i;
+      select distinct fmtcat into: catlist separated by ' ' from &tmpds1;
+      %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&catlist,%str( )));
+        %let cat=%scan(&catlist,&i,%str( ));
+        proc sql;
+        select distinct fmtname into: fmtlist separated by ' '
+          from &tmpds1 where fmtcat="&cat";
+        proc format lib=&cat cntlout=&tmpds3(keep=fmtname length);
+          select &fmtlist;
+        run;
+        proc sql;
+        insert into &tmpds2 select distinct fmtname,length from &tmpds3;
+      %end;
+
+      proc sql;
+      create table &tmpds4 as
+        select a.*, b.length as MAXW
+        from &colinfo a
+        left join &tmpds2 b
+        on cats(a.format)=cats(upcase(b.fmtname))
+        order by a.varnum;
+      data _null_;
+        set &tmpds4;
+        if not missing(maxw);
+        call symputx(
+          cats('fmtlen',_n_),
+          /* vars need extra padding due to JSON escaping of special chars */
+          min(32767,ceil((max(length,maxw)+10)*1.5))
+          ,'l'
+        );
+      run;
+
+      /* configure varlenchk - as we are explicitly shortening the variables */
+      %let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(varlenchk));
+      options varlenchk=NOWARN;
       data _data_(compress=char);
+        /* shorten the new vars */
+        length
+      %do i=1 %to &numcols;
+          &&name&i $&&fmtlen&i
+      %end;
+          ;
         /* rename on entry */
         set &ds(rename=(
       %do i=1 %to &numcols;
-        &&name&i=&&newname&i
+          &&name&i=&&newname&i
       %end;
         ));
       &stmt_obs;
-      /* formatted values can be up to length 32767 */
-      length
+
+      drop
       %do i=1 %to &numcols;
-        &&name&i
-      %end;
-        $32767;
-      retain &tempvar
-      %do i=1 %to &numcols;
-        &&maxlenv&i
-      %end;
-        0;
-      drop &tempvar
-      %do i=1 %to &numcols;
-        &&newname&i &&maxlenv&i
+        &&newname&i
       %end;
         ;
       %do i=1 %to &numcols;
@@ -222,19 +274,14 @@
         %else %do;
           &&name&i=put(&&newname&i,&&fmt&i);
         %end;
-        /* grab max length of each value as we move down the data step */
-        &tempvar=length(&&name&i);
-        if &tempvar>&&maxlenv&i then &&maxlenv&i=&tempvar;
-      %end;
-        if _n_=&lastobs then do;
-          /* add a 20% buffer in case of special chars that need to be escaped */
-      %do i=1 %to &numcols;
-          call symputx("fmtlen&i",min(32767,ceil((&&maxlenv&i+3)*1.2)),'l');
       %end;
+        if _error_ then do;
+          call symputx('syscc',1012);
+          stop;
         end;
-        if _error_ then call symputx('syscc',1012);
       run;
       %let fmtds=&syslast;
+      options varlenchk=&optval;
     %end;
 
     proc format; /* credit yabwon for special null removal */
@@ -249,9 +296,6 @@
     %end;
       other = [best.];
 
-    /* configure varlenchk - as we are explicitly shortening the variables */
-    %let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(varlenchk));
-    options varlenchk=NOWARN;
     data &tempds;
       attrib _all_ label='';
       %do i=1 %to &numcols;
@@ -270,7 +314,7 @@
       format _numeric_ bart.;
     %do i=1 %to &numcols;
       %if &&typelong&i=char or &fmt=Y %then %do;
-        if findc(&&name&i,'"\'!!'0A0D09000E0F01021011'x) then do;
+        if findc(&&name&i,'"\'!!'0A0D09000E0F010210111A'x) then do;
           &&name&i='"'!!trim(
             prxchange('s/"/\\"/',-1,        /* double quote */
             prxchange('s/\x0A/\n/',-1,      /* new line */
@@ -283,14 +327,14 @@
             prxchange('s/\x02/\\u0002/',-1, /* STX */
             prxchange('s/\x10/\\u0010/',-1, /* DLE */
             prxchange('s/\x11/\\u0011/',-1, /* DC1 */
+            prxchange('s/\x1A/\\u001A/',-1, /* SUB */
             prxchange('s/\\/\\\\/',-1,&&name&i)
-          ))))))))))))!!'"';
+          )))))))))))))!!'"';
         end;
         else &&name&i=quote(cats(&&name&i));
       %end;
     %end;
     run;
-    options varlenchk=&optval;
 
     filename _sjs3 temp lrecl=131068 ;
     data _null_;

meta/mm_createwebservice.sas

@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '  ,showmeta=N ';
   put '  ,maxobs=MAX ';
   put ')/*/STORE SOURCE*/; ';
-  put '%local tempds colinfo fmtds i numcols stmt_obs tempvar lastobs optval; ';
+  put '%local tempds colinfo fmtds i numcols numobs stmt_obs lastobs optval ';
+  put '  tmpds1 tmpds2 tmpds3 tmpds4; ';
   put '%let numcols=0; ';
   put '%if &maxobs ne MAX %then %let stmt_obs=%str(if _n_>&maxobs then stop;); ';
   put ' ';
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '    by varnum; ';
   put '  run; ';
   put '  /* move meta to mac vars */ ';
-  put '  data _null_; ';
+  put '  data &colinfo; ';
   put '    if _n_=1 then call symputx(''numcols'',nobs,''l''); ';
   put '    set &colinfo end=last nobs=nobs; ';
   put '    name=upcase(name); ';
@@ -158,18 +159,17 @@ data _null_;
   put '    end; ';
   put '    /* 32 char unique name */ ';
   put '    newname=''sasjs''!!substr(cats(put(md5(name),$hex32.)),1,27); ';
-  put '    maxlenv=''maxlen''!!substr(cats(put(md5(name),$hex32.)),1,26); ';
   put ' ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''name'',_n_),name,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''newname'',_n_),newname,''l''); ';
-  put '    call symputx(cats(''maxlenv'',_n_),maxlenv,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''length'',_n_),length,''l''); ';
-  put '    /* overwritten when fmt=Y */ ';
-  put '    call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),min(32767,ceil((length+3)*1.2)),''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''fmt'',_n_),fmt,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''type'',_n_),type,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''typelong'',_n_),typelong,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''label'',_n_),coalescec(label,name),''l''); ';
+  put '    /* overwritten when fmt=Y and a custom format exists in catalog */ ';
+  put '    if typelong=''num'' then call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),200,''l''); ';
+  put '    else call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),min(32767,ceil((length+10)*1.5)),''l''); ';
   put '  run; ';
   put ' ';
   put '  %let tempds=%substr(_%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
@@ -212,30 +212,82 @@ data _null_;
   put '    %end; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    %if &fmt=Y %then %do; ';
-  put '      %let tempvar=%substr(_%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
-  put '      /* need to find max length of formatted values */ ';
+  put '      /** ';
+  put '        * Extract format definitions ';
+  put '        * First, by getting library locations from dictionary.formats ';
+  put '        * Then, by exporting the width using proc format ';
+  put '        * Cannot use maxw from sashelp.vformat as not always populated ';
+  put '        * Cannot use fmtinfo() as not supported in all flavours ';
+  put '        */ ';
+  put '      %let tmpds1=%substr(fmtsum%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds2=%substr(cntl%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds3=%substr(cntl%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds4=%substr(col%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      proc sql noprint; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds1 as ';
+  put '          select cats(libname,''.'',memname) as FMTCAT, ';
+  put '          FMTNAME ';
+  put '        from dictionary.formats ';
+  put '        where fmttype=''F'' and libname is not null ';
+  put '          and fmtname in (select format from &colinfo where format is not null) ';
+  put '        order by 1; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds2( ';
+  put '          FMTNAME char(32), ';
+  put '          LENGTH num ';
+  put '      ); ';
+  put '      %local catlist cat fmtlist i; ';
+  put '      select distinct fmtcat into: catlist separated by '' '' from &tmpds1; ';
+  put '      %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&catlist,%str( ))); ';
+  put '        %let cat=%scan(&catlist,&i,%str( )); ';
+  put '        proc sql; ';
+  put '        select distinct fmtname into: fmtlist separated by '' '' ';
+  put '          from &tmpds1 where fmtcat="&cat"; ';
+  put '        proc format lib=&cat cntlout=&tmpds3(keep=fmtname length); ';
+  put '          select &fmtlist; ';
+  put '        run; ';
+  put '        proc sql; ';
+  put '        insert into &tmpds2 select distinct fmtname,length from &tmpds3; ';
+  put '      %end; ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      proc sql; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds4 as ';
+  put '        select a.*, b.length as MAXW ';
+  put '        from &colinfo a ';
+  put '        left join &tmpds2 b ';
+  put '        on cats(a.format)=cats(upcase(b.fmtname)) ';
+  put '        order by a.varnum; ';
+  put '      data _null_; ';
+  put '        set &tmpds4; ';
+  put '        if not missing(maxw); ';
+  put '        call symputx( ';
+  put '          cats(''fmtlen'',_n_), ';
+  put '          /* vars need extra padding due to JSON escaping of special chars */ ';
+  put '          min(32767,ceil((max(length,maxw)+10)*1.5)) ';
+  put '          ,''l'' ';
+  put '        ); ';
+  put '      run; ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      /* configure varlenchk - as we are explicitly shortening the variables */ ';
+  put '      %let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(varlenchk)); ';
+  put '      options varlenchk=NOWARN; ';
   put '      data _data_(compress=char); ';
+  put '        /* shorten the new vars */ ';
+  put '        length ';
+  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
+  put '          &&name&i $&&fmtlen&i ';
+  put '      %end; ';
+  put '          ; ';
   put '        /* rename on entry */ ';
   put '        set &ds(rename=( ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&name&i=&&newname&i ';
+  put '          &&name&i=&&newname&i ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '        )); ';
   put '      &stmt_obs; ';
-  put '      /* formatted values can be up to length 32767 */ ';
-  put '      length ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      drop ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&name&i ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        $32767; ';
-  put '      retain &tempvar ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&maxlenv&i ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        0; ';
-  put '      drop &tempvar ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&newname&i &&maxlenv&i ';
+  put '        &&newname&i ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '        ; ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
@@ -245,19 +297,14 @@ data _null_;
   put '        %else %do; ';
   put '          &&name&i=put(&&newname&i,&&fmt&i); ';
   put '        %end; ';
-  put '        /* grab max length of each value as we move down the data step */ ';
-  put '        &tempvar=length(&&name&i); ';
-  put '        if &tempvar>&&maxlenv&i then &&maxlenv&i=&tempvar; ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        if _n_=&lastobs then do; ';
-  put '          /* add a 20% buffer in case of special chars that need to be escaped */ ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '          call symputx("fmtlen&i",min(32767,ceil((&&maxlenv&i+3)*1.2)),''l''); ';
   put '      %end; ';
+  put '        if _error_ then do; ';
+  put '          call symputx(''syscc'',1012); ';
+  put '          stop; ';
   put '        end; ';
-  put '        if _error_ then call symputx(''syscc'',1012); ';
   put '      run; ';
   put '      %let fmtds=&syslast; ';
+  put '      options varlenchk=&optval; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    proc format; /* credit yabwon for special null removal */ ';
@@ -272,9 +319,6 @@ data _null_;
   put '    %end; ';
   put '      other = [best.]; ';
   put ' ';
-  put '    /* configure varlenchk - as we are explicitly shortening the variables */ ';
-  put '    %let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(varlenchk)); ';
-  put '    options varlenchk=NOWARN; ';
   put '    data &tempds; ';
   put '      attrib _all_ label=''''; ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
@@ -293,7 +337,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '      format _numeric_ bart.; ';
   put '    %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
   put '      %if &&typelong&i=char or &fmt=Y %then %do; ';
-  put '        if findc(&&name&i,''"\''!!''0A0D09000E0F01021011''x) then do; ';
+  put '        if findc(&&name&i,''"\''!!''0A0D09000E0F010210111A''x) then do; ';
   put '          &&name&i=''"''!!trim( ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/"/\\"/'',-1,        /* double quote */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x0A/\n/'',-1,      /* new line */ ';
@@ -306,14 +350,14 @@ data _null_;
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x02/\\u0002/'',-1, /* STX */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x10/\\u0010/'',-1, /* DLE */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x11/\\u0011/'',-1, /* DC1 */ ';
+  put '            prxchange(''s/\x1A/\\u001A/'',-1, /* SUB */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\\/\\\\/'',-1,&&name&i) ';
-  put '          ))))))))))))!!''"''; ';
+  put '          )))))))))))))!!''"''; ';
   put '        end; ';
   put '        else &&name&i=quote(cats(&&name&i)); ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put '    run; ';
-  put '    options varlenchk=&optval; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    filename _sjs3 temp lrecl=131068 ; ';
   put '    data _null_; ';
@@ -403,8 +447,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '  %quote(&user) ';
   put ' ';
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
-  put '%macro mm_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=Y,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '%macro mm_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug ';
   put '  sasjs_tables; ';
@@ -477,8 +521,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
   put '  /* To avoid issues with _webout on EBI we use a temporary file */ ';
   put '  filename _sjsref temp lrecl=131068; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -502,7 +546,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10 ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file _sjsref mod encoding=''utf-8''; ';
   put '        put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';

meta/mm_getstpinfo.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Get the properties of a Stored Process
+  @details Extracts various properties and creates an output table in the
+  structure below:
+
+|STP_URI:$200.|SERVERCONTEXT:$200.|STOREDPROCESSCONFIGURATION:$1000.|SOURCECODE_FIRST32K:$32767.|PATH:$76.|
+|---|---|---|---|---|
+|`A5DN9TDQ.BH0000C8 `|`SASApp `|`<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><StoredProcess><ServerContext LogicalServerType="Sps" OtherAllowed="false"/><ResultCapabilities Package="false" Streaming="true"/><OutputParameters/></StoredProcess> `|`%put first 32767 bytes of code; `|`/path/to/my/stp`|
+
+  @param [in] pgm The metadata path of the Stored Process
+  @param [out] outds= (work.mm_getstpinfo) The output table to create
+  @param [in] mdebug= (0) Set to 1 to enable DEBUG messages
+
+  <h4> Related Files </h4>
+  @li mm_getstpcode.sas
+  @li mm_getstps.sas
+  @li mm_createstp.sas
+  @li mm_deletestp.sas
+
+**/
+
+%macro mm_getstpinfo(pgm
+  ,outds=work.mm_getstpinfo
+  ,mDebug=0
+);
+
+%local mD;
+%if &mDebug=1 %then %let mD=;
+%else %let mD=%str(*);
+%&mD.put Executing &sysmacroname..sas;
+%&mD.put _local_;
+
+data &outds;
+  length type stp_uri tsuri servercontext value $200
+    StoredProcessConfiguration $1000 sourcecode_first32k $32767;
+  keep path stp_uri sourcecode_first32k StoredProcessConfiguration
+    servercontext;
+  call missing (of _all_);
+  path="&pgm(StoredProcess)";
+  /* first, find the STP ID */
+  if metadata_pathobj("",path,"StoredProcess",type,stp_uri)>0 then do;
+    /* get attributes */
+    cnt=1;
+    do while (metadata_getnasn(stp_uri,"Notes",cnt,tsuri)>0);
+      rc1=metadata_getattr(tsuri,"Name",value);
+      &mD.put tsuri= value=;
+      if value="SourceCode" then do;
+        rc2=metadata_getattr(tsuri,"StoredText",sourcecode_first32k);
+      end;
+      else if value="Stored Process" then do;
+        rc3=metadata_getattr(tsuri,"StoredText",StoredProcessConfiguration);
+      end;
+      cnt+1;
+    end;
+    /* get context (should only be one) */
+    rc4=metadata_getnasn(stp_uri,"ComputeLocations",1,tsuri);
+    rc5=metadata_getattr(tsuri,"Name",servercontext);
+  end;
+  else do;
+    put "%str(ERR)OR: could not find " path;
+    put (_all_)(=);
+  end;
+  &md.put (_all_)(=);
+run;
+
+%mend mm_getstpinfo ;

meta/mm_webout.sas

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   @param [in] action Either FETCH, OPEN, ARR, OBJ or CLOSE
   @param [in] ds The dataset to send back to the frontend
   @param [out] dslabel= Value to use instead of table name for sending to JSON
-  @param [in] fmt=(Y) Set to N to send back unformatted values
+  @param [in] fmt= (N) Setting Y converts all vars to their formatted values
   @param [out] fref= (_webout) The fileref to which to write the JSON
   @param [in] missing= (NULL) Special numeric missing values can be sent as NULL
     (eg `null`) or as STRING values (eg `".a"` or `".b"`)
@@ -34,18 +34,25 @@
     such as the column formats and types.  The metadata is contained inside an
     object with the same name as the table but prefixed with a dollar sign - ie,
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
 
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
   @li mp_jsonout.sas
 
+  <h4> Related Macros </h4>
+  @li ms_webout.sas
+  @li mv_webout.sas
+
   @version 9.3
   @author Allan Bowe
 
 **/
-%macro mm_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=Y,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+%macro mm_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug
   sasjs_tables;
@@ -118,8 +125,8 @@
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
   /* To avoid issues with _webout on EBI we use a temporary file */
   filename _sjsref temp lrecl=131068;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -143,7 +150,9 @@
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=_sjsref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file _sjsref mod encoding='utf-8';
         put "}";
     %end;

sasjs/sasjsconfig.json

@@ -107,4 +107,4 @@
       "contextName": "SAS Job Execution compute context"
     }
   ]
-}
+}

server/ms_createwebservice.sas

@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '  ,showmeta=N ';
   put '  ,maxobs=MAX ';
   put ')/*/STORE SOURCE*/; ';
-  put '%local tempds colinfo fmtds i numcols stmt_obs tempvar lastobs optval; ';
+  put '%local tempds colinfo fmtds i numcols numobs stmt_obs lastobs optval ';
+  put '  tmpds1 tmpds2 tmpds3 tmpds4; ';
   put '%let numcols=0; ';
   put '%if &maxobs ne MAX %then %let stmt_obs=%str(if _n_>&maxobs then stop;); ';
   put ' ';
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '    by varnum; ';
   put '  run; ';
   put '  /* move meta to mac vars */ ';
-  put '  data _null_; ';
+  put '  data &colinfo; ';
   put '    if _n_=1 then call symputx(''numcols'',nobs,''l''); ';
   put '    set &colinfo end=last nobs=nobs; ';
   put '    name=upcase(name); ';
@@ -159,18 +160,17 @@ data _null_;
   put '    end; ';
   put '    /* 32 char unique name */ ';
   put '    newname=''sasjs''!!substr(cats(put(md5(name),$hex32.)),1,27); ';
-  put '    maxlenv=''maxlen''!!substr(cats(put(md5(name),$hex32.)),1,26); ';
   put ' ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''name'',_n_),name,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''newname'',_n_),newname,''l''); ';
-  put '    call symputx(cats(''maxlenv'',_n_),maxlenv,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''length'',_n_),length,''l''); ';
-  put '    /* overwritten when fmt=Y */ ';
-  put '    call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),min(32767,ceil((length+3)*1.2)),''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''fmt'',_n_),fmt,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''type'',_n_),type,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''typelong'',_n_),typelong,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''label'',_n_),coalescec(label,name),''l''); ';
+  put '    /* overwritten when fmt=Y and a custom format exists in catalog */ ';
+  put '    if typelong=''num'' then call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),200,''l''); ';
+  put '    else call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),min(32767,ceil((length+10)*1.5)),''l''); ';
   put '  run; ';
   put ' ';
   put '  %let tempds=%substr(_%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
@@ -213,30 +213,82 @@ data _null_;
   put '    %end; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    %if &fmt=Y %then %do; ';
-  put '      %let tempvar=%substr(_%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
-  put '      /* need to find max length of formatted values */ ';
+  put '      /** ';
+  put '        * Extract format definitions ';
+  put '        * First, by getting library locations from dictionary.formats ';
+  put '        * Then, by exporting the width using proc format ';
+  put '        * Cannot use maxw from sashelp.vformat as not always populated ';
+  put '        * Cannot use fmtinfo() as not supported in all flavours ';
+  put '        */ ';
+  put '      %let tmpds1=%substr(fmtsum%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds2=%substr(cntl%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds3=%substr(cntl%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds4=%substr(col%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      proc sql noprint; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds1 as ';
+  put '          select cats(libname,''.'',memname) as FMTCAT, ';
+  put '          FMTNAME ';
+  put '        from dictionary.formats ';
+  put '        where fmttype=''F'' and libname is not null ';
+  put '          and fmtname in (select format from &colinfo where format is not null) ';
+  put '        order by 1; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds2( ';
+  put '          FMTNAME char(32), ';
+  put '          LENGTH num ';
+  put '      ); ';
+  put '      %local catlist cat fmtlist i; ';
+  put '      select distinct fmtcat into: catlist separated by '' '' from &tmpds1; ';
+  put '      %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&catlist,%str( ))); ';
+  put '        %let cat=%scan(&catlist,&i,%str( )); ';
+  put '        proc sql; ';
+  put '        select distinct fmtname into: fmtlist separated by '' '' ';
+  put '          from &tmpds1 where fmtcat="&cat"; ';
+  put '        proc format lib=&cat cntlout=&tmpds3(keep=fmtname length); ';
+  put '          select &fmtlist; ';
+  put '        run; ';
+  put '        proc sql; ';
+  put '        insert into &tmpds2 select distinct fmtname,length from &tmpds3; ';
+  put '      %end; ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      proc sql; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds4 as ';
+  put '        select a.*, b.length as MAXW ';
+  put '        from &colinfo a ';
+  put '        left join &tmpds2 b ';
+  put '        on cats(a.format)=cats(upcase(b.fmtname)) ';
+  put '        order by a.varnum; ';
+  put '      data _null_; ';
+  put '        set &tmpds4; ';
+  put '        if not missing(maxw); ';
+  put '        call symputx( ';
+  put '          cats(''fmtlen'',_n_), ';
+  put '          /* vars need extra padding due to JSON escaping of special chars */ ';
+  put '          min(32767,ceil((max(length,maxw)+10)*1.5)) ';
+  put '          ,''l'' ';
+  put '        ); ';
+  put '      run; ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      /* configure varlenchk - as we are explicitly shortening the variables */ ';
+  put '      %let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(varlenchk)); ';
+  put '      options varlenchk=NOWARN; ';
   put '      data _data_(compress=char); ';
+  put '        /* shorten the new vars */ ';
+  put '        length ';
+  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
+  put '          &&name&i $&&fmtlen&i ';
+  put '      %end; ';
+  put '          ; ';
   put '        /* rename on entry */ ';
   put '        set &ds(rename=( ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&name&i=&&newname&i ';
+  put '          &&name&i=&&newname&i ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '        )); ';
   put '      &stmt_obs; ';
-  put '      /* formatted values can be up to length 32767 */ ';
-  put '      length ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      drop ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&name&i ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        $32767; ';
-  put '      retain &tempvar ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&maxlenv&i ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        0; ';
-  put '      drop &tempvar ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&newname&i &&maxlenv&i ';
+  put '        &&newname&i ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '        ; ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
@@ -246,19 +298,14 @@ data _null_;
   put '        %else %do; ';
   put '          &&name&i=put(&&newname&i,&&fmt&i); ';
   put '        %end; ';
-  put '        /* grab max length of each value as we move down the data step */ ';
-  put '        &tempvar=length(&&name&i); ';
-  put '        if &tempvar>&&maxlenv&i then &&maxlenv&i=&tempvar; ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        if _n_=&lastobs then do; ';
-  put '          /* add a 20% buffer in case of special chars that need to be escaped */ ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '          call symputx("fmtlen&i",min(32767,ceil((&&maxlenv&i+3)*1.2)),''l''); ';
   put '      %end; ';
+  put '        if _error_ then do; ';
+  put '          call symputx(''syscc'',1012); ';
+  put '          stop; ';
   put '        end; ';
-  put '        if _error_ then call symputx(''syscc'',1012); ';
   put '      run; ';
   put '      %let fmtds=&syslast; ';
+  put '      options varlenchk=&optval; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    proc format; /* credit yabwon for special null removal */ ';
@@ -273,9 +320,6 @@ data _null_;
   put '    %end; ';
   put '      other = [best.]; ';
   put ' ';
-  put '    /* configure varlenchk - as we are explicitly shortening the variables */ ';
-  put '    %let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(varlenchk)); ';
-  put '    options varlenchk=NOWARN; ';
   put '    data &tempds; ';
   put '      attrib _all_ label=''''; ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
@@ -294,7 +338,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '      format _numeric_ bart.; ';
   put '    %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
   put '      %if &&typelong&i=char or &fmt=Y %then %do; ';
-  put '        if findc(&&name&i,''"\''!!''0A0D09000E0F01021011''x) then do; ';
+  put '        if findc(&&name&i,''"\''!!''0A0D09000E0F010210111A''x) then do; ';
   put '          &&name&i=''"''!!trim( ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/"/\\"/'',-1,        /* double quote */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x0A/\n/'',-1,      /* new line */ ';
@@ -307,14 +351,14 @@ data _null_;
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x02/\\u0002/'',-1, /* STX */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x10/\\u0010/'',-1, /* DLE */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x11/\\u0011/'',-1, /* DC1 */ ';
+  put '            prxchange(''s/\x1A/\\u001A/'',-1, /* SUB */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\\/\\\\/'',-1,&&name&i) ';
-  put '          ))))))))))))!!''"''; ';
+  put '          )))))))))))))!!''"''; ';
   put '        end; ';
   put '        else &&name&i=quote(cats(&&name&i)); ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put '    run; ';
-  put '    options varlenchk=&optval; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    filename _sjs3 temp lrecl=131068 ; ';
   put '    data _null_; ';
@@ -405,8 +449,8 @@ data _null_;
   put ' ';
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
   put ' ';
-  put '%macro ms_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=Y,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '%macro ms_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug ';
   put '  sasjs_tables; ';
@@ -469,8 +513,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '  ) ';
   put '%end; ';
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -495,7 +539,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10 ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file &fref mod encoding=''utf-8'' termstr=lf; ';
   put '        put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';

server/ms_webout.sas

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
   @param [in] action Either FETCH, OPEN, ARR, OBJ or CLOSE
   @param [in] ds The dataset to send back to the frontend
   @param [out] dslabel= value to use instead of table name for sending to JSON
-  @param [in] fmt= (Y) Set to N to send back unformatted values
+  @param [in] fmt= (N) Setting Y converts all vars to their formatted values
   @param [out] fref= (_webout) The fileref to which to write the JSON
   @param [in] missing= (NULL) Special numeric missing values can be sent as NULL
     (eg `null`) or as STRING values (eg `".a"` or `".b"`)
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
     such as the column formats and types.  The metadata is contained inside an
     object with the same name as the table but prefixed with a dollar sign - ie,
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
 
@@ -48,8 +51,8 @@
 
 **/
 
-%macro ms_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=Y,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+%macro ms_webout(action,ds,dslabel=,fref=_webout,fmt=N,missing=NULL
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileref1 _webin_name1 _program _debug
   sasjs_tables;
@@ -112,8 +115,8 @@
   )
 %end;
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* if debug mode, send back first 10 records of each work table also */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* if debug mode, send back first XX records of each work table also */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -138,7 +141,9 @@
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file &fref mod encoding='utf-8' termstr=lf;
         put "}";
     %end;

tests/base/mp_dictionary.test.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Testing mp_dictionary.sas macro
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mp_dictionary.sas
+  @li mp_assert.sas
+
+**/
+
+libname test (work);
+%mp_dictionary(lib=test)
+
+proc sql;
+create table work.compare1 as select * from test.styles;
+create table work.compare2 as select * from dictionary.styles;
+
+proc compare base=compare1 compare=compare2;
+run;
+%put _all_;
+
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(%mf_existds(&sysinfo)=0),
+  desc=Compare was exact,
+  outds=work.test_results
+)

tests/base/mp_dsmeta.test.sas

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/**
+  @file
+  @brief Testing mp_dsmeta.sas macro
+
+  <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
+  @li mp_assert.sas
+  @li mp_assertscope.sas
+  @li mp_dsmeta.sas
+
+**/
+
+data work.Example;
+  set sashelp.vmacro;
+run;
+
+%mp_assertscope(SNAPSHOT)
+%mp_dsmeta(work.example,outds=work.test)
+%mp_assertscope(COMPARE)
+
+proc sql noprint;
+select count(*) into: nobs from work.test;
+select count(distinct ods_table) into: tnobs from work.test;
+
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(&tnobs=2),
+  desc=Check that both ATTRIBUTES and ENGINEHOST are provided
+)
+%mp_assert(
+  iftrue=(&nobs>10),
+  desc=Check that sufficient details are provided
+)
+

viya/mv_createfile.sas

@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
   @param [in] contentdisp= (inline) Content Disposition. Example values:
     @li inline
     @li attachment
-
+  @param [in] ctype= (0) Set a default HTTP Content-Type header to be returned
+    with the file when the content is retrieved from the Files service.
   @param [in] access_token_var= The global macro variable to contain the access
     token, if using authorization_code grant type.
   @param [in] grant_type= (sas_services) Valid values are:
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@
     ,inref=
     ,intype=BINARY
     ,contentdisp=inline
+    ,ctype=0
     ,access_token_var=ACCESS_TOKEN
     ,grant_type=sas_services
     ,mdebug=0
@@ -103,8 +105,10 @@ filename &fref filesrvc
   folderPath="&path"
   filename="&name"
   cdisp="&contentdisp"
+%if "&ctype" ne "0" %then %do;
+  ctype="&ctype"
+%end;
   lrecl=1048544;
-
 %if &intype=BINARY %then %do;
   %mp_binarycopy(inref=&inref, outref=&fref)
 %end;

viya/mv_createjob.sas

@@ -34,14 +34,25 @@
 
   @param path= The full path (on SAS Drive) where the job will be created
   @param name= The name of the job
-  @param desc= The description of the job
+  @param desc= (Created by the mv_createjob.sas macro) The job description
   @param precode= Space separated list of filerefs, pointing to the code that
     needs to be attached to the beginning of the job
-  @param code= Fileref(s) of the actual code to be added
-  @param access_token_var= The global macro variable to contain the access token
-  @param grant_type= valid values are "password" or "authorization_code"
-    (unquoted). The default is authorization_code.
-  @param replace= select NO to avoid replacing any existing job in that location
+  @param code= (ft15f001) Fileref(s) of the actual code to be added
+  @param access_token_var= (ACCESS_TOKEN) Global macro variable containing the
+    access token
+  @param grant_type= (sas_services) Valid values:
+    @li sas_services
+    @li detect
+    @li authorization_code
+    @li password
+  @param replace= (YES) select NO to avoid replacing any existing job
+  @param addjesbeginendmacros= (false) Relates to the `_addjesbeginendmacros`
+    setting.  Normally this would always be false however due to a Viya bug
+    (https://github.com/sasjs/cli/issues/1229) this is now configurable.  Valid
+    values:
+    @li true
+    @li false
+    @li 0 - this will prevent the flag from being set (job will default to true)
   @param contextname= Choose a specific context on which to run the Job.  Leave
     blank to use the default context.  From Viya 3.5 it is possible to configure
     a shared context - see
@@ -62,6 +73,7 @@ https://go.documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=calcontexts&docsetTarget=n1hjn8eobk5p
     ,replace=YES
     ,debug=0
     ,contextname=
+    ,addjesbeginendmacros=false
   );
 %local oauth_bearer;
 %if &grant_type=detect %then %do;
@@ -185,19 +197,29 @@ run;
 %end;
 
 /* set up the body of the request to create the service */
-%local fname3;
+%local fname3 comma;
 %let fname3=%mf_getuniquefileref();
 data _null_;
   file &fname3 TERMSTR=' ';
   length string $32767;
   string=cats('{"version": 0,"name":"'
     ,"&name"
-    ,'","type":"Compute","parameters":[{"name":"_addjesbeginendmacros"'
-    ,',"type":"CHARACTER","defaultValue":"false"}');
+    ,'","type":"Compute","parameters":['
+%if &addjesbeginendmacros ne 0 %then %do;
+    ,'{"name":"_addjesbeginendmacros"'
+    ,',"type":"CHARACTER","defaultValue":"'
+    ,"&addjesbeginendmacros"
+    ,'"}'
+  %let comma=%str(,);
+%end;
+  );
   context=quote(cats(symget('contextname')));
   if context ne '""' then do;
-    string=cats(string,',{"version": 1,"name": "_contextName","defaultValue":'
-      ,context,',"type":"CHARACTER","label":"Context Name","required": false}');
+    string=cats(string
+      ,"&comma"
+      ,'{"version": 1,"name": "_contextName","defaultValue":'
+      ,context,',"type":"CHARACTER","label":"Context Name","required": false}'
+    );
   end;
   string=cats(string,'],"code":"');
   put string;

viya/mv_createwebservice.sas

@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '  ,showmeta=N ';
   put '  ,maxobs=MAX ';
   put ')/*/STORE SOURCE*/; ';
-  put '%local tempds colinfo fmtds i numcols stmt_obs tempvar lastobs optval; ';
+  put '%local tempds colinfo fmtds i numcols numobs stmt_obs lastobs optval ';
+  put '  tmpds1 tmpds2 tmpds3 tmpds4; ';
   put '%let numcols=0; ';
   put '%if &maxobs ne MAX %then %let stmt_obs=%str(if _n_>&maxobs then stop;); ';
   put ' ';
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '    by varnum; ';
   put '  run; ';
   put '  /* move meta to mac vars */ ';
-  put '  data _null_; ';
+  put '  data &colinfo; ';
   put '    if _n_=1 then call symputx(''numcols'',nobs,''l''); ';
   put '    set &colinfo end=last nobs=nobs; ';
   put '    name=upcase(name); ';
@@ -301,18 +302,17 @@ data _null_;
   put '    end; ';
   put '    /* 32 char unique name */ ';
   put '    newname=''sasjs''!!substr(cats(put(md5(name),$hex32.)),1,27); ';
-  put '    maxlenv=''maxlen''!!substr(cats(put(md5(name),$hex32.)),1,26); ';
   put ' ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''name'',_n_),name,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''newname'',_n_),newname,''l''); ';
-  put '    call symputx(cats(''maxlenv'',_n_),maxlenv,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''length'',_n_),length,''l''); ';
-  put '    /* overwritten when fmt=Y */ ';
-  put '    call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),min(32767,ceil((length+3)*1.2)),''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''fmt'',_n_),fmt,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''type'',_n_),type,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''typelong'',_n_),typelong,''l''); ';
   put '    call symputx(cats(''label'',_n_),coalescec(label,name),''l''); ';
+  put '    /* overwritten when fmt=Y and a custom format exists in catalog */ ';
+  put '    if typelong=''num'' then call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),200,''l''); ';
+  put '    else call symputx(cats(''fmtlen'',_n_),min(32767,ceil((length+10)*1.5)),''l''); ';
   put '  run; ';
   put ' ';
   put '  %let tempds=%substr(_%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
@@ -355,30 +355,82 @@ data _null_;
   put '    %end; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    %if &fmt=Y %then %do; ';
-  put '      %let tempvar=%substr(_%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
-  put '      /* need to find max length of formatted values */ ';
+  put '      /** ';
+  put '        * Extract format definitions ';
+  put '        * First, by getting library locations from dictionary.formats ';
+  put '        * Then, by exporting the width using proc format ';
+  put '        * Cannot use maxw from sashelp.vformat as not always populated ';
+  put '        * Cannot use fmtinfo() as not supported in all flavours ';
+  put '        */ ';
+  put '      %let tmpds1=%substr(fmtsum%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds2=%substr(cntl%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds3=%substr(cntl%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      %let tmpds4=%substr(col%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(uuidgen()),-)),1,32); ';
+  put '      proc sql noprint; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds1 as ';
+  put '          select cats(libname,''.'',memname) as FMTCAT, ';
+  put '          FMTNAME ';
+  put '        from dictionary.formats ';
+  put '        where fmttype=''F'' and libname is not null ';
+  put '          and fmtname in (select format from &colinfo where format is not null) ';
+  put '        order by 1; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds2( ';
+  put '          FMTNAME char(32), ';
+  put '          LENGTH num ';
+  put '      ); ';
+  put '      %local catlist cat fmtlist i; ';
+  put '      select distinct fmtcat into: catlist separated by '' '' from &tmpds1; ';
+  put '      %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&catlist,%str( ))); ';
+  put '        %let cat=%scan(&catlist,&i,%str( )); ';
+  put '        proc sql; ';
+  put '        select distinct fmtname into: fmtlist separated by '' '' ';
+  put '          from &tmpds1 where fmtcat="&cat"; ';
+  put '        proc format lib=&cat cntlout=&tmpds3(keep=fmtname length); ';
+  put '          select &fmtlist; ';
+  put '        run; ';
+  put '        proc sql; ';
+  put '        insert into &tmpds2 select distinct fmtname,length from &tmpds3; ';
+  put '      %end; ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      proc sql; ';
+  put '      create table &tmpds4 as ';
+  put '        select a.*, b.length as MAXW ';
+  put '        from &colinfo a ';
+  put '        left join &tmpds2 b ';
+  put '        on cats(a.format)=cats(upcase(b.fmtname)) ';
+  put '        order by a.varnum; ';
+  put '      data _null_; ';
+  put '        set &tmpds4; ';
+  put '        if not missing(maxw); ';
+  put '        call symputx( ';
+  put '          cats(''fmtlen'',_n_), ';
+  put '          /* vars need extra padding due to JSON escaping of special chars */ ';
+  put '          min(32767,ceil((max(length,maxw)+10)*1.5)) ';
+  put '          ,''l'' ';
+  put '        ); ';
+  put '      run; ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      /* configure varlenchk - as we are explicitly shortening the variables */ ';
+  put '      %let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(varlenchk)); ';
+  put '      options varlenchk=NOWARN; ';
   put '      data _data_(compress=char); ';
+  put '        /* shorten the new vars */ ';
+  put '        length ';
+  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
+  put '          &&name&i $&&fmtlen&i ';
+  put '      %end; ';
+  put '          ; ';
   put '        /* rename on entry */ ';
   put '        set &ds(rename=( ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&name&i=&&newname&i ';
+  put '          &&name&i=&&newname&i ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '        )); ';
   put '      &stmt_obs; ';
-  put '      /* formatted values can be up to length 32767 */ ';
-  put '      length ';
+  put ' ';
+  put '      drop ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&name&i ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        $32767; ';
-  put '      retain &tempvar ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&maxlenv&i ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        0; ';
-  put '      drop &tempvar ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '        &&newname&i &&maxlenv&i ';
+  put '        &&newname&i ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '        ; ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
@@ -388,19 +440,14 @@ data _null_;
   put '        %else %do; ';
   put '          &&name&i=put(&&newname&i,&&fmt&i); ';
   put '        %end; ';
-  put '        /* grab max length of each value as we move down the data step */ ';
-  put '        &tempvar=length(&&name&i); ';
-  put '        if &tempvar>&&maxlenv&i then &&maxlenv&i=&tempvar; ';
-  put '      %end; ';
-  put '        if _n_=&lastobs then do; ';
-  put '          /* add a 20% buffer in case of special chars that need to be escaped */ ';
-  put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
-  put '          call symputx("fmtlen&i",min(32767,ceil((&&maxlenv&i+3)*1.2)),''l''); ';
   put '      %end; ';
+  put '        if _error_ then do; ';
+  put '          call symputx(''syscc'',1012); ';
+  put '          stop; ';
   put '        end; ';
-  put '        if _error_ then call symputx(''syscc'',1012); ';
   put '      run; ';
   put '      %let fmtds=&syslast; ';
+  put '      options varlenchk=&optval; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    proc format; /* credit yabwon for special null removal */ ';
@@ -415,9 +462,6 @@ data _null_;
   put '    %end; ';
   put '      other = [best.]; ';
   put ' ';
-  put '    /* configure varlenchk - as we are explicitly shortening the variables */ ';
-  put '    %let optval=%sysfunc(getoption(varlenchk)); ';
-  put '    options varlenchk=NOWARN; ';
   put '    data &tempds; ';
   put '      attrib _all_ label=''''; ';
   put '      %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
@@ -436,7 +480,7 @@ data _null_;
   put '      format _numeric_ bart.; ';
   put '    %do i=1 %to &numcols; ';
   put '      %if &&typelong&i=char or &fmt=Y %then %do; ';
-  put '        if findc(&&name&i,''"\''!!''0A0D09000E0F01021011''x) then do; ';
+  put '        if findc(&&name&i,''"\''!!''0A0D09000E0F010210111A''x) then do; ';
   put '          &&name&i=''"''!!trim( ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/"/\\"/'',-1,        /* double quote */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x0A/\n/'',-1,      /* new line */ ';
@@ -449,14 +493,14 @@ data _null_;
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x02/\\u0002/'',-1, /* STX */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x10/\\u0010/'',-1, /* DLE */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\x11/\\u0011/'',-1, /* DC1 */ ';
+  put '            prxchange(''s/\x1A/\\u001A/'',-1, /* SUB */ ';
   put '            prxchange(''s/\\/\\\\/'',-1,&&name&i) ';
-  put '          ))))))))))))!!''"''; ';
+  put '          )))))))))))))!!''"''; ';
   put '        end; ';
   put '        else &&name&i=quote(cats(&&name&i)); ';
   put '      %end; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put '    run; ';
-  put '    options varlenchk=&optval; ';
   put ' ';
   put '    filename _sjs3 temp lrecl=131068 ; ';
   put '    data _null_; ';
@@ -546,8 +590,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '  %quote(&user) ';
   put ' ';
   put '%mend mf_getuser; ';
-  put '%macro mv_webout(action,ds,fref=_mvwtemp,dslabel=,fmt=Y,stream=Y,missing=NULL ';
-  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX ';
+  put '%macro mv_webout(action,ds,fref=_mvwtemp,dslabel=,fmt=N,stream=Y,missing=NULL ';
+  put '  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0 ';
   put '); ';
   put '%global _webin_file_count _webin_fileuri _debug _omittextlog _webin_name ';
   put '  sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI; ';
@@ -654,8 +698,8 @@ data _null_;
   put '    ) ';
   put '%end; ';
   put '%else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do; ';
-  put '  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do; ';
-  put '    /* send back first 10 records of each work table for debugging */ ';
+  put '  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do; ';
+  put '    /* send back first XX records of each work table for debugging */ ';
   put '    data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.); ';
   put '    ods output Members=&tempds; ';
   put '    proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data; ';
@@ -678,7 +722,9 @@ data _null_;
   put '        put " ""&wt"" : {"; ';
   put '        put ''"nlobs":'' nlobs; ';
   put '        put '',"nvars":'' nvars; ';
-  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10) ';
+  put '      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y ';
+  put '        ,maxobs=&workobs ';
+  put '      ) ';
   put '      data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}"; ';
   put '    %end; ';
   put '    data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";run; ';

viya/mv_webout.sas

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   @param [in] _webout= fileref for returning the json
   @param [out] fref=(_mvwtemp) Temp fileref to which to write the output
   @param [out] dslabel= value to use instead of table name for sending to JSON
-  @param [in] fmt=(Y) change to N to strip formats from output
+  @param [in] fmt= (N) Setting Y converts all vars to their formatted values
   @param [in] stream=(Y) Change to N if not streaming to _webout
   @param [in] missing= (NULL) Special numeric missing values can be sent as NULL
     (eg `null`) or as STRING values (eg `".a"` or `".b"`)
@@ -35,17 +35,24 @@
     `,"$tablename":{"formats":{"col1":"$CHAR1"},"types":{"COL1":"C"}}`
   @param [in] maxobs= (MAX) Provide an integer to limit the number of input rows
     that should be converted to output JSON
+  @param [in] workobs= (0) When set to a positive integer, will create a new
+    output object (WORK) which contains this number of observations from all
+    tables in the WORK library.
 
   <h4> SAS Macros </h4>
   @li mp_jsonout.sas
   @li mf_getuser.sas
 
+  <h4> Related Macros </h4>
+  @li ms_webout.sas
+  @li mm_webout.sas
+
   @version Viya 3.3
   @author Allan Bowe, source: https://github.com/sasjs/core
 
 **/
-%macro mv_webout(action,ds,fref=_mvwtemp,dslabel=,fmt=Y,stream=Y,missing=NULL
-  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX
+%macro mv_webout(action,ds,fref=_mvwtemp,dslabel=,fmt=N,stream=Y,missing=NULL
+  ,showmeta=N,maxobs=MAX,workobs=0
 );
 %global _webin_file_count _webin_fileuri _debug _omittextlog _webin_name
   sasjs_tables SYS_JES_JOB_URI;
@@ -152,8 +159,8 @@
     )
 %end;
 %else %if &action=CLOSE %then %do;
-  %if %str(&_debug) ge 131 %then %do;
-    /* send back first 10 records of each work table for debugging */
+  %if %str(&workobs) > 0 %then %do;
+    /* send back first XX records of each work table for debugging */
     data;run;%let tempds=%scan(&syslast,2,.);
     ods output Members=&tempds;
     proc datasets library=WORK memtype=data;
@@ -176,7 +183,9 @@
         put " ""&wt"" : {";
         put '"nlobs":' nlobs;
         put ',"nvars":' nvars;
-      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y,maxobs=10)
+      %mp_jsonout(OBJ,&wt,jref=&fref,dslabel=first10rows,showmeta=Y
+        ,maxobs=&workobs
+      )
       data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";
     %end;
     data _null_; file &fref mod;put "}";run;