https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Tips-from-the-Community/SAS-Tip-SAS-data-sets-contain-metadata/m-p/436343#M33 <P>The number of observations in a data set is stored as a part of the data set's metadata. There are multiple ways to retrieve this number and some are better than others.</P> <HR /> <P>Thanks to Art Carpenter&nbsp;for this tip. Read more details in this paper from WUSS 2017:&nbsp;<A href="https://www.lexjansen.com/wuss/2017/12_Final_Paper_PDF.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Building Intelligent Macros Using Metadata Functions with the SAS Macro Language</A>.</P> Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:19:41 GMT SAS_Tipster 2019-01-28T18:19:41Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Tips-from-the-Community/SAS-Tip-SAS-data-sets-contain-metadata/m-p/436343#M33 <P>The number of observations in a data set is stored as a part of the data set's metadata. There are multiple ways to retrieve this number and some are better than others.</P> <HR /> <P>Thanks to Art Carpenter&nbsp;for this tip. Read more details in this paper from WUSS 2017:&nbsp;<A href="https://www.lexjansen.com/wuss/2017/12_Final_Paper_PDF.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Building Intelligent Macros Using Metadata Functions with the SAS Macro Language</A>.</P> Mon, 28 Jan 2019 18:19:41 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Tips-from-the-Community/SAS-Tip-SAS-data-sets-contain-metadata/m-p/436343#M33 SAS_Tipster 2019-01-28T18:19:41Z