topic Macro date does not resolve in SAS Programming

Macro date does not resolve

pangea17 — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:22:11 GMT

I am using enterprise guide 8.2 and SAS 9.4

%MACRO cycle (name, mo);

proc sql;

create table &mo AS

select a.creditaccountid, b.statusreasoncode as src_&name, c.externalstatuscode as esc_&name

from newdw.factfinancialmonthly a left join newdw.dimstatusreason b ON a.dimstatusreasonid=b.dimstatusreasonid

left join newdw.dimexternalstatus c ON a.dimexternalstatusID=c.dimexternalstatusID

where reportingdate eq "&mo"d

and activeaccountindicator= 1;

QUIT;

%MEND;

%cycle ('jan22','31jan2022'd);

ERROR MESSAGE

'31jan2022'd

ERROR22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, a quoted string. ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.

Re: Macro date does not resolve

PaigeMiller — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:30:10 GMT

When you run a macro, all macro variables are replaced by their value. So your macro actually runs this code that I am showing you. This code must be legal valid working SAS code, and it is not.

proc sql;      

create     table '31jan2022'd AS

select a.creditaccountid, b.statusreasoncode as src_'jan22', c.externalstatuscode as esc_'jan22'

from newdw.factfinancialmonthly a left join newdw.dimstatusreason b ON a.dimstatusreasonid=b.dimstatusreasonid

left join newdw.dimexternalstatus c ON a.dimexternalstatusID=c.dimexternalstatusID

where reportingdate eq "'31jan2022'd"d

and activeaccountindicator= 1;

QUIT;

Can you see what the problem is here? What different parts of this code are not legal valid working SAS code? How would you fix it to make it legal valid working SAS code?

Re: Macro date does not resolve

Tom — Tue, 22 Mar 2022 20:39:51 GMT

The macro variable reference obviously did resolve. If it did not resolve then you would have seen &mo in the error message instead of the value of MO.

What is it you are trying to do?
What is the SAS code you are trying to use the macro to generate?