topic Re: How was this data stored? in SAS Programming

How was this data stored?

cdubs — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 18:53:34 GMT

I'm trying to see if I understand how the data was originally stored given how the code extracts it. I know this was Truven data, but unclear if this was csv or xpt or something else... ?

Is there a way to tell?

%let elig_list=ccaet144 ccaet114 ccaet124 ccaet134;

/*Collapse eligibility claims*/ 

	data elig_1; 
		set %do i=1 %to %sysfunc(countw(&elig_list.));
		%let filename = %scan(&elig_list., &i.);
					raw.&filename.
			%end;
		;

Re: How was this data stored?

collinelliot — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:01:38 GMT

The "set" statement in the code would indicate that this is a list of SAS datasets.

Re: How was this data stored?

cdubs — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:22:17 GMT

I see -- thank you!

I know this was a commercial claims source. Are claims data usually stored as SAS datasets?

Re: How was this data stored?

collinelliot — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:29:43 GMT

I'm guessing that's likely a company-specific convention. Probably a colleague of yours would be a better bet for that kind of information. Sorry.

Re: How was this data stored?

cdubs — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 19:37:23 GMT

Makes sense-- thanks!