SAS Certification Prep Guide, 4th Edition

Testing and Evaluating Performance

Writing Timing Information for Each Statement

The PROC SQL option STIMER | NOSTIMER specifies whether PROC SQL writes timing information for each statement to the SAS log, instead of writing a cumulative value for the entire procedure. NOSTIMER is the default.

In order to use the STIMER option in PROC SQL, the SAS system option STIMER (the default) must also be in effect. Some host operating environments require that you specify the SAS system option STIMER when you invoke SAS. The STIMER system option controls the printing of performance statistics in the SAS log. If you use the system option alone, the results will contain timing information for the entire procedure, not on a statement-by-statement basis. ...