topic store variable in the program in SAS Programming

store variable in the program

mona4u — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:00:55 GMT

Hi,

I have a report that I need to create each month.

The problem I'm facing when I'm trying to program it, I'm finding difficulties bc for the following reason.

this is a sample of the dataset and the program;

TaskStatus	CompleteDate
Assigned
Assigned
Assigned
Assigned
Assigned

data Asterias2;
set Asterias1;

if taskstatus="Assigned" and completedate=" " then count=1;

run;

%let thismonthn=%sysfunc(today(),MONNAME.) ;
%put &thismonthn;

proc sql;
create table Asterias3 as
select
sum(count) as &thismonthn
from asterias2;
quit;

the problem I'm having that I'm having I need to create the variable &thismonthn and I also want to be able to store the outcomes

and the next month when I run the program again I will have &thismonmthn and prior month

Re: store variable in the program

PaigeMiller — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:07:17 GMT

The easiest way to store data is in a permanent SAS data set, then it can be used in future runs of the program.

But this part isn't really clear

the problem I'm having that I'm having I need to create the variable &thismonthn and I also want to be able to store the outcomes

and the next month when I run the program again I will have &thismonmthn and prior month

Do you mean you want the count and the month to be stored, and the values from previous months also stored in the same place?? If so, you could certainly use PROC APPEND to add the current months results to the results of previous months.

Re: store variable in the program

mona4u — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:08:33 GMT

next month I have to create a variable of the current month and I have to have the variable of the prior month too

Re: store variable in the program

PaigeMiller — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:17:49 GMT

Here's what you get with PROC APPEND, does this meet your needs?

MONTH      COUNT
012018             38
022018             57
032018             45
...

Re: store variable in the program

mona4u — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:19:56 GMT

I'm Joining the dataset horizontally

Re: store variable in the program

PaigeMiller — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:21:13 GMT

Show us an example of what you want, for say three or four months of results.

Re: store variable in the program

mona4u — Thu, 24 May 2018 15:22:46 GMT

I got the idea.

Thanks