topic Re: how to summarize my data in SAS Programming

how to summarize my data

juliajulia — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:20:58 GMT

hello,

I have a data set with variables: clientID, ProviderID, and servicesID. like this:

clientID ProviderID ServiceID

1 2 8

1 2 4

1 3 8

1 3 2

1 4 1

I want to create a summarized data set per client and per provider . the final table should like this:

clientID ProviderID

1 2

1 3

1 4

I used the following sas code but I don't know it is not working:

proc sql ;

create table test as

select clientid, providerid

from xx

group by clientid, providerid;

quit;

Re: how to summarize my data

novinosrin — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:32:16 GMT

Hello @juliajulia

Are you asking for

proc sql ;

create table test as

select distinct clientid, providerid

from xx;

quit;

Re: how to summarize my data

PaigeMiller — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:33:35 GMT

Your desired output looks like you just want to find the distinct combinations of CLIENTID and PROVIDERID, and this ignores SERVICEID. Is that what you want? That doesn't usually fit what I think of when I hear the word "summarize". Can you clarify this?

If that's what you want, then

proc sql;
    create table want as select distinct clientid,providerid from xx;
quit;

Re: how to summarize my data

juliajulia — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:09:05 GMT

Yes, when I add the distinct statement, it’s come out with the result I want.