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Pyrite | Level 9 CP2
Pyrite | Level 9

Hello, 

Is there a way to vertically append new data to an existing dataset but also bring over the new variables that don't exist in the base dataset? I thought 'force' would do it but it is not carrying over the new variables. Proc datasets with append doesn't do it either. What I want is a full join which includes all observations from both and all variables from both. 


proc append base=dataprep3 data=AppendEMR force ;
run;

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Reeza
Super User

In SQL this is UNION ALL

 

data want;

set table1 table2:

run;

 

prox sql;

create table want2 as 

select * from table1

union all

select * from table2;

quit;

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Reeza
Super User

In SQL this is UNION ALL

 

data want;

set table1 table2:

run;

 

prox sql;

create table want2 as 

select * from table1

union all

select * from table2;

quit;

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Pyrite | Level 9 CP2
Pyrite | Level 9

too simple! Thank you!

ballardw
Super User

Note that if you have the same variable name but with different types you'll get an error.

If a same named variable has different lengths assigned you will get a warning message about possible truncation of data. Pay attention to these as you may actually lose critical data.

Also if other variable characteristics such as assigned label or format differs then you may want to verify that the desired one is in the results.

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