https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690936#M24804 <P>To select many variables that appear sequentially</P> <P>I believe you can click on one variable and then shift-click on the last one in sequence, so they are now all highlighted. Then changing one variable to NO changes all the selected variables to NO</P> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:28:01 GMT PaigeMiller 2020-10-12T11:28:01Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690788#M24771 <P>I have a large number of variables (&gt;1k) in a dataset and I'd like to change most of them to the USE of No from their present setting of Default. Is a way to do this please?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thank you!</P> Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:20:33 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690788#M24771 adeliefan 2020-10-11T13:20:33Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690812#M24774 It's not clear what you're trying to do here, can you provide a small example? Sun, 11 Oct 2020 18:45:31 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690812#M24774 Reeza 2020-10-11T18:45:31Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690823#M24776 Which interface of SAS are you using? Enterprise Miner? Sun, 11 Oct 2020 20:30:02 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690823#M24776 PaigeMiller 2020-10-11T20:30:02Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690928#M24802 Sorry yes – I am using SAS Enterprise Miner. I have added a data source and I want to change the variables USE for a Variable Selection node from Default to No for the majority of the variables. I know how to change them one by one, but there are a lot of them. Is there a way to select multiple variables and change their USE to No please? Thank you!<BR /> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:11:05 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690928#M24802 adeliefan 2020-10-12T11:11:05Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690930#M24803 Sorry yes – I am using SAS Enterprise Miner. I have added a data source and I want to change the variables USE for a Variable Selection node from Default to No for the majority of the variables. I know how to change them one by one, but there are a lot of them. Is there a way to select multiple variables and change their USE to No please? Thank you!<BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:14:05 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690930#M24803 adeliefan 2020-10-12T11:14:05Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690936#M24804 <P>To select many variables that appear sequentially</P> <P>I believe you can click on one variable and then shift-click on the last one in sequence, so they are now all highlighted. Then changing one variable to NO changes all the selected variables to NO</P> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:28:01 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690936#M24804 PaigeMiller 2020-10-12T11:28:01Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690938#M24805 Thank you for your prompt response! Yes – that worked. Thank you so much!!<BR /> Mon, 12 Oct 2020 11:32:05 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/How-do-I-change-multiple-variables-USE-to-the-same/m-p/690938#M24805 adeliefan 2020-10-12T11:32:05Z