&sysmacroname is an automatic macro variable that holds the name of the macro within which it was used: %macro tq84_bar; %put bar: sysmacroname = &sysmacroname; %mend; %macro tq84_foo; %put foo: sysmacroname = &sysmacroname; %tq84_bar; %mend; %tq84_foo /* foo: sysmacroname = TQ84_FOO bar: sysmacroname = TQ84_BAR */