Hi Forum, I was wondering if anyone has dine this with EG & how so?
I'm getting Excel files dropped Daily into a Network Drive folder.
They have a date stamp but the first 10 or so characters are the same each time.
I want a process that checks the folder & brings a Range of cells from a spreadsheet & Appends to a table each day.
I know that's a lot to do but maybe someone has done something similar before?
Thanks
Here's an example of the full code for Excel files. But a warning, you'll run into issues. Excel files have no define structure so when SAS reads it, it guesses at types. This means some files will be processed with a variable as character and others as numeric. You'll need to add a step to ensure that your variables are in the type/format that you want.
https://github.com/statgeek/SAS-Tutorials/blob/master/Import_all_files_one_type
1. List of files from the folder - see Macro Appendix for an example
2. Process the list and find the latest data you need to import
3. Import the data - this should be straightforward
This is a fairly common task and you should find a lot of examples online.
Thanks Reeza.
Where do I find the macro Appendix?
Cheers
Here's an example of the full code for Excel files. But a warning, you'll run into issues. Excel files have no define structure so when SAS reads it, it guesses at types. This means some files will be processed with a variable as character and others as numeric. You'll need to add a step to ensure that your variables are in the type/format that you want.
https://github.com/statgeek/SAS-Tutorials/blob/master/Import_all_files_one_type
Thanks Reeza,
Useful stuff for other projects as well.
Cheers
Hi Again,
The below is the first part of the code & I'm trying to work out where I give the Directory path & Server etc?
I haven't done a lot of work with EG Macros.
Cheers
Program Description
%macro drive(dir,ext); %local cnt filrf rc did memcnt name; %let cnt=0;
0
if it is successful.%let filrf=mydir; %let rc=%sysfunc(filename(filrf,&dir));
Hi All,
I'll start a new post for this one.
Stay tuned. : )
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