topic Re: PROC PRINT FOR HUGE DATASET DIFFICULT AND SLOW in SAS Programming

PROC PRINT FOR HUGE DATASET DIFFICULT AND SLOW

raheleh22 — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 19:00:20 GMT

Hi,

I have a very huge dataset ( 2500000) observations and 7 variables. It is in a CSV form and I was not able to open the data in EXCEL ( the dataset is bigger than alloed rows in excel). I imported the data into SAS and wanted to see and scroll the data in SAS in a table format. However PROC PRINT is malfunctioning because of the data rows being a lot, any suggestions on how to handle this and be able to see all rows of the data?

Thanks,

Re: PROC PRINT FOR HUGE DATASET DIFFICULT AND SLOW

Tom — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 19:08:31 GMT

Don't do that. You already have the data in a file if you started with a CSV file.

If you want to scroll through the data use a viewer.

What interface are you using to run SAS?

If you are using SAS/Studio then it will by default open a view of the data when you run the data step that reads in the CSV file.

If you are using SAS Display Manager then use VIEWTABLE to browse the dataset.

Re: PROC PRINT FOR HUGE DATASET DIFFICULT AND SLOW

raheleh22 — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 19:17:51 GMT

I am using SAS desktop version 9.4