topic Re: Any benefits of using a Keep statment in a Proc Tabulate? in SAS Procedures https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Any-benefits-of-using-a-Keep-statment-in-a-Proc-Tabulate/m-p/187478#M47561 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Questions like this are best answered by testing.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:50:48 GMT data_null__ 2014-02-26T11:50:48Z Any benefits of using a Keep statment in a Proc Tabulate? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Any-benefits-of-using-a-Keep-statment-in-a-Proc-Tabulate/m-p/187477#M47560 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are there any performance benefits of using a Keep statement in a Proc Tabulate (or Means / Summary / Report)? I am looking to reduce the time taken to summarise the data without using an index on the initial dataset.</P><P></P><P>Thanks.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:16:14 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Any-benefits-of-using-a-Keep-statment-in-a-Proc-Tabulate/m-p/187477#M47560 Sharpshooter 2014-02-26T11:16:14Z Re: Any benefits of using a Keep statment in a Proc Tabulate? https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Any-benefits-of-using-a-Keep-statment-in-a-Proc-Tabulate/m-p/187478#M47561 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Questions like this are best answered by testing.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 26 Feb 2014 11:50:48 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/Any-benefits-of-using-a-Keep-statment-in-a-Proc-Tabulate/m-p/187478#M47561 data_null__ 2014-02-26T11:50:48Z