Enterprise Guide Keyboard Macros

Enterprise Guide (EG) supports keyboard macro abbreviations to write out snippets of code directly into a program editor. This makes it easy to supply preset code in a consistent manner without having to remember the syntax.

From the EG menu, select Program | Add Abbreviation Macro… or use Ctrl+Shift+A. Use the below dialog to enter your own abbreviation (e.g. _sql) and associated code in the Text to insert: section.

You can delete, edit, rename or export existing abbreviations or import existing keyboard macro functions (.KMF extension) by selecting Program | Editor Macros | Macros from the menu.

Below is the resulting output of the _hash keyboard macro abbreviation.

data outdsn;
   if 0 then set hashdsn; /* Prime the PDV */

   dcl hash h(dataset: "hashdsn");
   h.definekey('keyvar');
   h.definedata('keyvar1', 'datavar1');
   h.definedone();

   do until(eof);
      set otherdsn end = eof;
      if h.find() ne 0 then call missing(keyvar1, datavar1);
      output;
   end;
   stop;
run;