topic Re: How to import sascatlog dataset in SAS Programming

How to import sascatlog dataset

Shyamkumar — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 15:53:25 GMT

HI All,

Could you help out me pulling SAScatlog file to SAS dataeset.

Re: How to import sascatlog dataset

ballardw — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 16:20:37 GMT

Catalogs are generally not going to make anything resembling a "data set".

The first step to what might be possible is to assign a library to where that file is located. Then try to open the catalog. Catalogs are specially formatted files and are SAS version sensitive. So you may not be able to even open that catalog.

What would expect to do with the "dataset" created from that catalog? From the name it almost certainly contains macro definitions and depending on options used when the macros were created may not be readable in any form.

Re: How to import sascatlog dataset

Kurt_Bremser — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 16:22:04 GMT

This catalog contains compiled macros. Have a look at the DICTIONARY.MACROS table in PROC SQL (or the associated view SASHELP.VMACRO outside SQL).