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01SASUser
Fluorite | Level 6

/*There is something wrong in my SAS Program but I can't figure it out. Could you please help me?

SCENARIO:

1. The date of my RAW data is "08APR2014

2. For example the date today is "10APR2014". I want SAS to do the loop below until the max(DATE) of Consolidated becomes TODAY()-1*/

%macro sqlloop;

PROC SQL;

%DO k=date_of_my_raw_data %TO today()-1;

insert into Consolidated

     (BRANCH,

     RC_NAME,

     DATE)

select

     BRANCH,

     RC_NAME,

     &k.

from RAW;

%END;

QUIT;

%mend;

%sqlloop;

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SKK
Calcite | Level 5 SKK
Calcite | Level 5

I think your date is in character format. try

%DO k= %sysevalf("%trim(&raw_date)"d)  %TO  %eval(%sysfunc(today())-1);

It will work.

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RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Hi,

Not sure why you are trying to do it like that.  Just use a datastep:

data want;

  attrib my_date format=date9.;

  do i='08apr2014'd to today();

    my_date=i;

    output;

  end;

run;

SKK
Calcite | Level 5 SKK
Calcite | Level 5

Hi

Place the Proc SQL inside do loop and evaluate today value using % sysfunc and date_of_my_raw_data using %sysevalf. Suppose if ur raw data date is 08APR2014 then below program would work.

%macro sqlloop;

%DO k= %sysevalf("08APR2014"d) %TO  %eval(%sysfunc(today())-1) ;

PROC SQL;

insert into Consolidated

     (BRANCH,

     RC_NAME,

     DATE)

select

     BRANCH,

     RC_NAME,

     &k.

from RAW;

QUIT;

%END;

%mend;

%sqlloop;

RW9
Diamond | Level 26 RW9
Diamond | Level 26

Just to note, if you really had to do it that way, then you don't need the macros at all:

data want;

  do i='08apr2014'd to today();

    call execute('proc sql;

                    insert into consolidated (BRANCH,RC_NAME,DATE)

                    select BRANCH,RC_NAME,'||strip(put(i,date9.)||'

                    from   RAW;

                  quit;');

  end;

run;

01SASUser
Fluorite | Level 6

Thank you for your suggestion. It worked!

I have an additional question.

  1. I tried to revise the code a little by changing

%DO k= %sysevalf("08APR2014"d) %TO  %eval(%sysfunc(today())-1);

To

%DO k= %sysevalf(RAW.date) %TO  %eval(%sysfunc(today())-1);

However, I am receiving an error. May I know the correct script for this one?

The value of RAW.DATE that I receive daily is same for all rows (ex. The result of proc sql; Select distinct(DATE) from raw; quit; will only be “08APR2014”) that’s why I would like to revise %sysevalf("08APR2014"d) to %sysevalf(RAW.date).

2. I did the program in SAS DI but the execution is not successful:

SAS DI.JPG

The code inside the “User Written” is the script you suggested with little revision(highlighted in bold):

%let output= &_output;

%let MySYSLast= &SYSLast;

%macro sqlloop;

%DO k= %sysevalf("08APR2014"d) %TO  %eval(%sysfunc(today())-1);

PROC SQL;

insert into &output

.

.

select

      BRANCH_CD,

.

.

from &MySYSLast;

QUIT;

%END;

%mend;

%sqlloop;

May I know how to do this correctly in SAS DI?

SKK
Calcite | Level 5 SKK
Calcite | Level 5

%macro sqlloop;

Proc SQL;

Select distinct(DATE) into :raw_date from raw;

Quit;

%DO k= &raw_date %TO  %eval(%sysfunc(today())-1);

PROC SQL;

insert into &output

.

.

select

      BRANCH_CD,

.

.

from &MySYSLast;

QUIT;

%END;

%mend;

%sqlloop;

SKK
Calcite | Level 5 SKK
Calcite | Level 5

I think your date is in character format. try

%DO k= %sysevalf("%trim(&raw_date)"d)  %TO  %eval(%sysfunc(today())-1);

It will work.

01SASUser
Fluorite | Level 6

It is now working. Thank you for you support!

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