topic Re: SAS Dataset showing blanks once imported in SAS Programming

SAS Dataset showing blanks once imported

billoconnor989 — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:44:10 GMT

Hi,

I am importing a regular CSV into Base SAS. Have done this many times, however this time whilst importing I have a full blank cells in one column that is completely populated in my CSV.

I have never seen this before and completely out of ideas what may be wrong

Re: SAS Dataset showing blanks once imported

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 10:52:04 GMT

Do you use proc import? If yes, don't be surprised.

Anyway, look at the log for suspicious messages.

If that does not give you a clue, post a sample of your file, and your log (use the {i} button for both). If the log is overlong because of many messages, reduce to a representative sample .

Re: SAS Dataset showing blanks once imported

billoconnor989 — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:00:46 GMT

I do use proc import. Can you suggest a better method? I will investigate the log. Thanks for your help

Re: SAS Dataset showing blanks once imported

Kurt_Bremser — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 11:06:37 GMT

Use proc import on a file where the import worked. Copy the data step (proc import creates one and runs it) from the log, and apply it to the current file. Study the log in case the result is not what you expected.

Once it works, you can simplify and optimize this data step. The proper way to reliably read text files into SAS is always a customized data step.