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    <title>topic Re: NO OBSERVATIONS in SAS Programming</title>
    <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/NO-OBSERVATIONS/m-p/357243#M83846</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;You should show the CODE along with the log.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Likely you have an IF somewhere that none of your records actually meets.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;For instance this from your log&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the variable Sex by input data set(s). This may cause truncation of data.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the variable Race by input data set(s). This may cause truncation of data.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Means that these two variables involved in any comparison may not have the actual values you expect. IF one data set has sex as F and M and the other Female Male it could mean that the Female/Male are getting truncated to F or M. And if you write an IF statement using&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If Sex='Female' then ... may never be true. If the result of that IF selects records to keep then problems.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 16:54:49 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>ballardw</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2017-05-09T16:54:49Z</dc:date>
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      <title>NO OBSERVATIONS</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/NO-OBSERVATIONS/m-p/357240#M83844</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hello, &amp;nbsp;Have a proc and merge sgtatement, but all of my observations are missing. Why does it keep deleting them?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: Character values have been converted to numeric values at the places given by: (Line):(Column).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 3530:34&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the variable Sex by input data set(s). This may cause truncation of data.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the variable Race by input data set(s). This may cause truncation of data.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: Missing values were generated as a result of performing an operation on missing values.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Each place is given by: (Number of times) at (Line):(Column).&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 980 at 3540:14 &amp;nbsp; 585 at 3541:22&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: There were 1197 observations read from the data set CARES.INTAKE.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: There were 321 observations read from the data set CARES.OLDSET.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: There were 426 observations read from the data set CARES.ADDITIONAL.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: There were 336 observations read from the data set CARES.FINAL_POLICECALLS.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: There were 298 observations read from the data set CARES.FINAL_EDVISITS.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: There were 72 observations read from the data set CARES.FINAL_HOSPITALVISITS.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: There were 1252 observations read from the data set CARES.REFERRALS.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: The data set CARES.CARES7 has 0 observations and 133 variables.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time):&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; real time &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 0.16 seconds&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; cpu time&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; 0.14 seconds&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 16:41:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>stancemcgraw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-09T16:41:22Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: NO OBSERVATIONS</title>
      <link>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/NO-OBSERVATIONS/m-p/357243#M83846</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;You should show the CODE along with the log.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Likely you have an IF somewhere that none of your records actually meets.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;For instance this from your log&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the variable Sex by input data set(s). This may cause truncation of data.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;WARNING: Multiple lengths were specified for the variable Race by input data set(s). This may cause truncation of data.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Means that these two variables involved in any comparison may not have the actual values you expect. IF one data set has sex as F and M and the other Female Male it could mean that the Female/Male are getting truncated to F or M. And if you write an IF statement using&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If Sex='Female' then ... may never be true. If the result of that IF selects records to keep then problems.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2017 16:54:49 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/NO-OBSERVATIONS/m-p/357243#M83846</guid>
      <dc:creator>ballardw</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2017-05-09T16:54:49Z</dc:date>
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