topic Re: Adding column with By day entry in SAS Programming

Adding column with By day entry

Amritta_26 — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:47:46 GMT

Hi Guys,

I am very new to SAS.

I need to add a column which tells me which day of the campaign it is. Like:

as you can see above, I need to add by_day column which tells me which day it is on the cpgn. Can I get some inputs asap.

Greatly appreciated. Please refer the file attached

CPGN_ID OFFR_I INVOICE_DT By_DAY
3 2 20160803 Day 1
3 2 20160803 Day 1
3 2 20160804 Day 2
3 2 20160804 Day 2

Re: Adding column with By day entry

Reeza — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:35:27 GMT

What is the format and type for your date variable? Use PROC CONTENTS.

Also, what happens if you have gaps in your dates, is your counter still consecutive. And will you want calculations based on date, ie durations? If so, you may want to consider storing it as a number rather than Day 1/Day 2

Re: Adding column with By day entry

Reeza — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:36:26 GMT

Many people will not download Excel files, please include your data as text in your post

Re: Adding column with By day entry

Amritta_26 — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:44:11 GMT

Hi,

Well the data is already there is number format, next to it i have to convert it into by day and insert it for evaluation purpose.

date is in numeric, length is 8, format is 11.

I hope this answers your question

Re: Adding column with By day entry

Amritta_26 — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 10:53:49 GMT

Did you get my question? Let me know if you can help out!

Re: Adding column with By day entry

Reeza — Fri, 16 Dec 2016 11:10:11 GMT

Data want;

set have;

by date;

if first.date day_counter + 1;

return;