topic Re: Send Dynamically email to individual Person by SAS Code in SAS Programming

Send Dynamically email to individual Person by SAS Code

ManoharNath — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 19:00:18 GMT

Hi Everyone, I need one help related to SAS automated email which send email to every other individuals.

Task is : There is 6 unique segments of videos link and its description which need to be send to customers.

suppose AAA customer is receiving 1 videos link and 1 video description and others can receive 2 or more videos link with its description for every customers.

Others customers can not see others email, it has to be send to every individual or row wise.

I appreciate the help and I am able to solve the problem and now I am getting only one problem.
I can see video link and its description but for some customers whom we don't have videos, for that its resolving to "" and coming in email. I am looking to avoid this "" in email. can you please suggest how to overcome this problem

for 1st customer it have 1st segment video link and description and I am getting that information, but for rest segment it don't have video segment as expected and it has to be missing but getting "" "" "" this.

Output I am getting:

Take a look at the short video.

Collections Strategies

" " " " " " " " " "

Now trying to avoid or compress this (" " " " " " " " " ) from the email.

For example;

Link Desc: Collection Stratigies

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TK20Y5oD9s

need help to write sas code which can send email to this customers dynamically.

first_name	EMAIL_ADDRESS	Video_segment1	Video_segment2	Video_segment3	Video_segment4	Video_segment5	Video_segment6
AAA	AAA@COM	Yes
BBB	BBB@COM	Yes	yes
CCC	CCC@COM	Yes	yes	yes
DDD	DDD@COM	Yes
EEE	EEE@COM				Yes	yes
FFF	FFF@COM	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GGG	GGG@COM	Yes

Re: Send Dynamically email to individual Person by SAS Code

SASJedi — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 12:18:14 GMT

Hey, @ManoharNath - First, review this excellent library article about sending email from SAS by @ChrisHemedinger: Tip: How to send email using SAS with particular emphasis on the section titled "Sending a customized message to multiple addresses". I've stolen the code from the macro used there as a starter for your solution. The rest is just simple conditional programming. Here is a pseudo-code template to get you started:

 data _null_;
	set customer_list;
	array vids[6] video:;
	array vidlink[6] $400 _temporary_ 
		('Collection Stratigies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TK20Y5oD9s,
		 ... LIST THE REST OF THE LINKS AND DESCRIPTIONS HERE ...);
	FILE outbox
		to=(EMAIL_ADDRESS ) 
		subject="Your video links";
	Salutation =cats(catx(" ","Dear",first_name),',');
	put Salutation;
	put;
	put "Here are your video links:"; 
	do I=1 to dim(vids);
		if lowcase(vids[i])='yes' then
		put vidlink[i];
	end;
	put;
	put "All the best,";
	put "Me";
  run;

Hope this helps.

Mark

Re: Send Dynamically email to individual Person by SAS Code

ManoharNath — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:00:21 GMT

I appreciate the help and I am able to solve the problem and now I am getting only one problem.
I can see video link and its description but for some customers whom we don't have videos, for that its resolving to "" and coming in email. I am looking to avoid this "" in email. can you please suggest how to overcome this problem

Output I am getting:

Take a look at the short video.

Collections Strategies

" " " " " " " " " "

Now trying to avoid or compress this (" " " " " " " " " ) from the email.

Re: Send Dynamically email to individual Person by SAS Code

SASJedi — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:33:48 GMT

Once again, I'd suggest conditional coding for that line of the email. For example:

	if find(lowcase(cats(of vids[*])), 'yes') then do;
		put "Here are your video links:"; 
		do I=1 to dim(vids);
			if lowcase(vids[i])='yes' then
			put vidlink[i];
		end;
	end;
	else put "You have no videos to view";

Mark

Re: Send Dynamically email to individual Person by SAS Code

ManoharNath — Fri, 25 Nov 2022 19:38:19 GMT

Sorry for delay in response and thank you everyone for your revert.

I was able to solve the prolem by using %if and %len method.

This resolved the problem.

%if %length(Video_segment1) > 0 %then %do;

%put &Video_segment1.;

%put &Video_Desc.;

end;