SAS EG/Access 2007
Our company uses SAS EG 9.2
We then export large data-sets to ACCESS. Records = 1 million.
EXCEL PIVOT tables then connect to this ACCESS.
Problem: SAS EG export to access is very slow. I have Googled and the only results returned is a Aug'2008 article at SAS.com about exporting to access 10x slower than exporting to txt.
I just wonder how most of you do in such situations? I think most people still use Excel pivot for dashboards, and SAS for data-manipulation.
If you export to txt first and then import to access, it is too manual and prone to error.
If you have SAS/ACCESS to PC Files licensed, I think you'll have better performance using it to export larger data sources to Microsoft Access, rather than the EG export. For example:
/* MS Access database already exists */
LIBNAME mylib ACCESS 'C:\temp\Demo.accdb';
/* write new table to the database */
data mylib.myclass;
set sashelp.class;
run;
See SAS/ACCESS(R) 9.4 Interface to PC Files: Reference, Third Edition
Casey
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For what it is worth, I have never built a dashboard in Excel. SAS GKPI makes all the graphics I need for a dashboard and avoids any headaches with data interchange.
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