topic Re: ERROR 22-322: Syntax error in SAS Enterprise Guide

ERROR 22-322: Syntax error

izzytetteh24 — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:01:41 GMT

SELECT IIf([Group]="07M","GWB","EIA") & IIf(Left([ISSUE_DATE],4) <"2003","2003",Left([ISSUE_DATE],4)) AS IY

EIA2003

EIA2004

EIA2005

EIA2006

EIA2007

EIA2008

EIA2009

EIA2010

EIA2011

EIA2012

EIA2013

EIA2014

EIA2015

EIA2016

EIA2017

EIA2018

EIA2019

EIA2020

GWB2016

GWB2017

GWB2018

GWB2019

GWB2020

CASE WHEN EPLAN.Group = "07M" THEN "GWB"
5665 ELSE "EIA"
5666 AND WHEN YEAR(ISSUE_DATE) < 2003 THEN 2003
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ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: !, !!, &, (, *, **, +, -, /, <, <=, <>, =, >, >=, ?, AND, BETWEEN,
CONTAINS, EQ, EQT, GE, GET, GT, GTT, LE, LET, LIKE, LT, LTT, NE, NET, OR, ^=, |, ||, ~=.

ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.

5667 ELSE YEAR(ISSUE_DATE)
5668 END AS IY

I'm in need of some assistance. At the very top of this post is the SQL code that I'm trying to replicate. The IY field that's created is the column that follows and the SAS code that I'm running comes last. I'm not sure how to create this nested if formula using the CASE WHEN function.

Re: ERROR 22-322: Syntax error

Reeza — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:25:26 GMT

What is the type of your variable ISSUE_DATE?
If it's not numeric with a date format, then it's not a SAS date and you need to sue text functions similar to what you did in Excel.

In the future, please show the code you actually submitted, not just the Excel code or log. It's possible to do this in one step but

CASE when substr(year,1,4) < 2003 then 2003
else substr(issue_date, 1, 4) end as yearPortion,
CASE WHEN EPLAN.Group = "07M" THEN catt("GWB", yearPortion)
ELSE catt("EIA", yearPortion)
END as IY

Your CASE syntax is incorrect.

Re: ERROR 22-322: Syntax error

izzytetteh24 — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:33:39 GMT

I'm getting an error that says yearPortion was a column not found in the contributing tables.
"ERROR: The following columns were not found in the contributing tables: yearPortion."

Re: ERROR 22-322: Syntax error

Reeza — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:38:14 GMT

CASE when substr(year,1,4) < 2003 then 2003
else substr(issue_date, 1, 4) end as yearPortion,
CASE WHEN EPLAN.Group = "07M" THEN catt("GWB", calculated yearPortion)
ELSE catt("EIA", calculated yearPortion)
END as IY