topic Re: creating an Indicator in SAS Programming

creating an Indicator

dlazer1 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:37:20 GMT

I am trying to code if a auditor_fkey=222 then companyIND=1.

For example if CompanyX is audited by auditor_fkey 222 in 2001, I need the companyIND to show up for that CompanyX regardless of the year (every time the company is in the database).

The issue I am running into is I need that 1 to show up for each time the company (company_fkey) was audited by a certain auditor based on the auditor_fkey.

Thank you!

How to code if a company has been associated with another company?

dlazer1 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:35:29 GMT

I am trying to figure out how to do an indicator variable for any company_fkey that has ever been associated with a particular auditor_fkey.

Thank you!

Re: How to code if a company has been associated with another company? [how to improve your question]

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Re: creating an Indicator

mkeintz — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 20:44:23 GMT

Show us data you have, and data you want. I'm not convinced I understand what you want.

Re: creating an Indicator

ballardw — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 21:06:39 GMT

@dlazer1 wrote:

I am trying to code if a auditor_fkey=222 then companyIND=1.

For example if CompanyX is audited by auditor_fkey 222 in 2001, I need the companyIND to show up for that CompanyX regardless of the year (every time the company is in the database).

The issue I am running into is I need that 1 to show up for each time the company (company_fkey) was audited by a certain auditor based on the auditor_fkey.

Thank you!

You in your example if audited in 2001. Would you need to have that apply for years prior to 2001?

If that is the case then something like this:

proc sql;
   create table want as
   select a.*, ( not missing(b.company_fkey)) as companyIND
   from have as a
        left join
        (select company_fkey from have
         where auditor_fkey=222) as b
       on a.company_fkey=b.company_fkey
   ;
quit;

Re: creating an Indicator

dlazer1 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:01:25 GMT

This did not output what I'm looking for.

Here is an example and the indicator is how I need it coded. Basically if any year, an auditor_fkey for any company_fkey is there, then there needs to be an indicator.

Re: creating an Indicator

dlazer1 — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:01:46 GMT

Re: creating an Indicator

ballardw — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:15:54 GMT

@dlazer1 wrote:

This did not output what I'm looking for.

Here is an example and the indicator is how I need it coded. Basically if any year, an auditor_fkey for any company_fkey is there, then there needs to be an indicator.

No actual input data

No actual example output

And your document doesn't actually clear much up as you don't show where the desired "auditor_fkey" values to select come from or use to create the indicators might be.

You show values of auditor_fkey of

xxxxxx50

xxxxxx51

xxxxxx52

HOW in a generic sense as in a programmable rule are we to derive that the only auditor_fkey values you want are

xxxxxx50

xxxxxx51

xxxxxx52

If the rule is any auditor_fkey that start with xxxxxx then state that as part of the processing logic. IF your xxxxxx are actually masking critical information that changes from record to record then we need to know that as well.

Did the example I provided work for that stated auditor_fkey value? If not then you need to provide lots more information about why not:

"This did not output what I'm looking for" is awful vague especially since there was no example provided of the desired output.

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