Send an email for each row in a SAS data set - macros

Question

I have a data set (work.employees) where each field is an element of an email to be sent out. Example record: Smith, John, John.Smith#Company.com, JohnsManager#Company.com. For each record, I need to send a separate email based on the information there. I can send one email with macro variables, and have piddled around with a data null email, but the iteration isn't happening. Suggestions would be very appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

So you want to send email notification through sas? The issue is two folded. First you need to make sure your SMTP server is properly configured in SAS. Secondly you have to make the required mailing software.
For first bit follow the guide in http://support.sas.com/kb/19/767.html
Now what you want (apparently) is to parse/select the emails. I'm going to assume you only select them from data set.
Proc sql;
select distinct(emails) into: resplist separated by ' ' from mail_set where emails like '%#%';
/*Here I'm selecting only those that have # mark in the cells.
You can add parser as you need. (question is a bit oddly worded.*/
quit;
Alternatively, you can hardCode the addresses. (I suggest you try 1st with this so you know your sending code works.
%let respList="Frist.last#email.com" "Second.Recipiant#email.com";
FILENAME Mailbox EMAIL &respList.
Subject="Email delivery for you";
DATA _NULL_;
FILE Mailbox;
PUT "Good day,";
put ;
PUT "Remain calm. This is a test.";
PUT ;
run;
You can also add sas datasets informatin, but bear in mind that spamming stuff through email is usually bad idea.

Answer 2

If you want to send one email per record, it's better to use the !EM_ directives in your datastep.
http://support.sas.com/documentation/cdl/en/lrdict/64316/HTML/default/viewer.htm#a002058232.htm
filename reports email "Jim.Smith#work.com";
data _null_;
file reports;
length name dept $ 21;
input name dept;
put '!EM_TO! ' name;
put '!EM_SUBJECT! Report for ' dept;
put name ',';
put 'Here is the latest report for ' dept '.' ;
if dept='marketing' then
put '!EM_ATTACH! c:\mktrept.txt';
else /* ATTACH the appropriate report */
put '!EM_ATTACH! c:\devrept.txt';
put '!EM_SEND!';
put '!EM_NEWMSG!';
put '!EM_ABORT!';
datalines;
Susan marketing
Peter marketing
Alma development
Andre development
;
run;