topic Re: SAVING DATA WITH SAS UNIVERSAL VIEWER in New SAS User https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/SAVING-DATA-WITH-SAS-UNIVERSAL-VIEWER/m-p/817297#M34494 <P>Hello&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/427179">@TonyTrew</a>,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>No, this is not possible. As the <A href="https://support.sas.com/downloads/package.htm?pid=2491" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documentation</A> says: "<SPAN>You cannot edit SAS data sets with the SAS Universal Viewer ..."</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>Remember that .sas7bdat files (i.e., SAS data sets) are <EM>binary</EM> files, so "dropping some variables" and creating a new data set from the remaining data is (internally) a fairly complicated task -- too much to ask from a file&nbsp;<EM>viewer</EM>. You'll need software that (like SAS itself) can <EM>create</EM> .sas7bdat files.<BR /></SPAN></P> Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:06:37 GMT FreelanceReinh 2022-06-09T14:06:37Z SAVING DATA WITH SAS UNIVERSAL VIEWER https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/SAVING-DATA-WITH-SAS-UNIVERSAL-VIEWER/m-p/817266#M34486 <P>With SAS Universal Viewer I want to reduce the size of a SAS data file by dropping some variables - can that be done?</P> Thu, 09 Jun 2022 11:17:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/SAVING-DATA-WITH-SAS-UNIVERSAL-VIEWER/m-p/817266#M34486 TonyTrew 2022-06-09T11:17:48Z Re: SAVING DATA WITH SAS UNIVERSAL VIEWER https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/SAVING-DATA-WITH-SAS-UNIVERSAL-VIEWER/m-p/817297#M34494 <P>Hello&nbsp;<a href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/427179">@TonyTrew</a>,</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>No, this is not possible. As the <A href="https://support.sas.com/downloads/package.htm?pid=2491" target="_blank" rel="noopener">documentation</A> says: "<SPAN>You cannot edit SAS data sets with the SAS Universal Viewer ..."</SPAN></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><SPAN>Remember that .sas7bdat files (i.e., SAS data sets) are <EM>binary</EM> files, so "dropping some variables" and creating a new data set from the remaining data is (internally) a fairly complicated task -- too much to ask from a file&nbsp;<EM>viewer</EM>. You'll need software that (like SAS itself) can <EM>create</EM> .sas7bdat files.<BR /></SPAN></P> Thu, 09 Jun 2022 14:06:37 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/SAVING-DATA-WITH-SAS-UNIVERSAL-VIEWER/m-p/817297#M34494 FreelanceReinh 2022-06-09T14:06:37Z