mf_uid.sas

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/**
  @file
  @brief Creates a unique ID based on system time in friendly format
  @details format = YYYYMMDD_HHMMSSmmm_<sysjobid>_<3randomDigits>
 
        %put %mf_uid();
 
  @version 9.3
  @author Allan Bowe
 
**/
 
%macro mf_uid(
)/*/STORE SOURCE*/;
  %local today now;
  %let today=%sysfunc(today(),yymmddn8.);
  %let now=%sysfunc(compress(%sysfunc(time(),tod12.3),:.));
 
  &today._&now._&sysjobid._%sysevalf(%sysfunc(ranuni(0))*999,CEIL)
 
%mend mf_uid;