Hi SAS Community,
I'm trying to use "Extract" transformation and for one column I'd like to use parameter defined in "User Written" step.
In "User written" I declare:
%LET parm='abc'
In "Extract" I created new column and in expression field I write:
&parm
I get error:
ERROR: The following columns were not found in the contributing tables: abc
Any idea?
Regards,
Peter
If you intend to use a character value then enclose the macro variable reference in double quotes:
"&parm"
Hope this helps,
-- Jan.
If you intend to use a character value then enclose the macro variable reference in double quotes:
"&parm"
Hope this helps,
-- Jan.
Works!!!
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Peter
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