I have multiple workbooks (xls) with different name i am trying to import into SAS PC. i am using proc import multiple time to do the job.
Workbooks name are : Soccer, Tennis and Golf saved in: H:\user\document\sas
I created a library name Mywork
Help to use a macro?
Thanks
%macro import_xls(input, output);
proc import datafile="H:\user\document\sas\&input..xls" out=mywork.&output DBMS=xls; run;
%mend;
%import_xls(soccer, soccer);
%import_xls(golf, golf);
Hi,
Well, probably the quickest way is to do a libname to the Excel file. You can then access the various sheets as datasets. Here is some guidance: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi31/024-31.pdf
the pdf suggested has good stuff but that s how i did. I thought there is macro way to do that when you have multiple excel files to import from external.
It would help if you showed the proc import code you used to successfully import the three workbooks.
Yes, post your code. What do you mean by "thought there was a macro way to do it"? You can put most code you like in a macro, but there is nothing special about macros, to all intents and purposes it is just a find and replace system to save you typing the same code over and over. If you know the sheetnames, then you could put your import into a macro with sheetname="¯o variable." and call it once per sheet. Is there much value though?
%macro import_xls(input, output);
proc import datafile="H:\user\document\sas\&input..xls" out=mywork.&output DBMS=xls; run;
%mend;
%import_xls(soccer, soccer);
%import_xls(golf, golf);
thanks Reeza it works
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