SLEEP= LIBNAME Statement Option

Specifies the number of minutes to sleep between attempts to acquire a Teradata utility slot.

Valid in: SAS/ACCESS LIBNAME statement
Category: Data Set Control
Default: 6
Data source: Teradata
Tip: The data set option has precedence over the LIBNAME option.
See: DBSLICEPARM= LIBNAME option, DBSLICEPARM= data set option, DBSLICEPARM= system option, FASTEXPORT= LIBNAME option, Maximizing Teradata Load Performance, MULTILOAD= data set option, SLEEP= data set option, TENACITY= LIBNAME option, TENACITY= data set option, Using the TPT API

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Syntax

Syntax Description

number-of-minutes

the number of minutes to wait before trying again to acquire a Teradata utility slot.

Details

Note: Starting in SAS 9.4M9, SAS/ACCESS no longer supports non-TPT FastExport, FastLoad, or MultiLoad utilities. In SAS 9.4M9 and later, this option pertains only to the TPT version of these utilities.

Use this option to indicate to FastExport, FastLoad, or MultiLoad how long to wait before trying to log on to Teradata again when the maximum number of utilities are already running. (The maximum number of Teradata utilities that can run concurrently varies from 5 to 15, depending on database settings.) The default value for SLEEP= is 6 minutes. The value that you specify for SLEEP= must be greater than 0.

Use SLEEP= with TENACITY=. TENACITY= specifies the time in hours that FastExport, FastLoad, or MultiLoad must continue to try the logon operation.

Last updated: February 3, 2026