Troubleshooting Error Messages

This section provides information on possible causes to error messages that you may encounter when using the ARM macros. The following table lists the error messages and possible causes:

Table 6.4: Error Messages and Possible Causes

Error Message	Possible Causes
%ARMINIT: Negative app ID returned	Invalid appidvar variable type. Error in SAS ARM environment.
%ARMGTID: Negative txn ID returned	Invalid appidvar or appidvar value or variable type. Valid appidvar value, ARM application has been closed.
%ARMSTRT: Invalid optional data parameter(s) - check syntax.	Missing parentheses when correlator requested on previous %ARM call.
%ARMSTRT: Negative start handle returned	Invalid appidvar or appidvar value or variable type. Invalid txnidvar or txnidvar value or variable type. Valid appidvar value, ARM application has been closed.
%ARMUPDT: Negative rc returned	Invalid shdlvar or shdlvar value or variable type. Valid shdlvar value, transaction has already stopped .
%ARMSTOP: Negative rc returned	Invalid shdlvar or shdlvar value or variable type. Valid shdlvar value, transaction has already stopped.
%ARMEND: Negative rc returned	Invalid appidvar or appidvar value or variable type. Valid appidvar value, ARM application has been closed.