topic SAS VA Categorical variable in SAS Visual Analytics

SAS VA Categorical variable

sidmech2006 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 10:24:35 GMT

Hi All

In my SAS Dataset that I have imported in SAS VA, I have a Categorical column which has ID values like 1,2,3...10. I have the corresponding ID to names mapping avaialble and would now need to map the ID number to ID name. Can we do this directly in SAS VA Report Designer? Could you help if not pssoible directly in SAS VA?

Thanks

Sid

Re: SAS VA Categorical variable

Madelyn_SAS — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:28:30 GMT

Can you tell us more about why you need to map the two values?

Re: SAS VA Categorical variable

sidmech2006 — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 16:11:01 GMT

The reason for the mapping is because I want specific names in the report filters INSTEAD of the IDs as shown currently. So basically would need to do a vlookup of the ID names for all the IDs rather than doing it manaully

Sid

Re: SAS VA Categorical variable

SASKiwi — Wed, 15 Mar 2017 00:51:26 GMT

How many discrete IDs do you need to map? If the number is small a report custom category would work and is easy to set up. If the number is large or changes dynamically based on your data then a SAS user-defined format is worth considering. This is more complicated to set up but is very flexible. User-defined formats are created outside of SAS VA using Base SAS.