Hi,
I received this error when I tried to do a count distinct with conditions in proc sql:
proc sql;
create table cnt_SOR as
select
default_dt_yyyymm,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '337' then obligor_no else 0 end)) as Cnt337,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '339' then obligor_no else 0 end)) as Cnt339,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '342' then obligor_no else 0 end)) as Cnt342,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '362' then obligor_no else 0 end)) as Cnt362
from auto_LGD
where default_dt_yyyymm >= 201501 and app_sys_no in ('337', '339', '342', '362')
group by 1 order by 1;
quit;
ERROR: Result of WHEN clause 2 is not the same data type as the preceding results.
Could someone help me on what's going on? app_sys_no is character format, and I don't see other data type conflicts here.
The problem isn't with app_sys_no - it's because obligor is, presumably, character and 0 is of course numeric.
If you change your case statements to read as follows you should be OK
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '337' then obligor_no else "" end)) as Cnt337,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '339' then obligor_no else "" end)) as Cnt339,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '342' then obligor_no else "" end)) as Cnt342,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '362' then obligor_no else "" end)) as Cnt362
The problem isn't with app_sys_no - it's because obligor is, presumably, character and 0 is of course numeric.
If you change your case statements to read as follows you should be OK
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '337' then obligor_no else "" end)) as Cnt337,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '339' then obligor_no else "" end)) as Cnt339,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '342' then obligor_no else "" end)) as Cnt342,
count(distinct (case when app_sys_no = '362' then obligor_no else "" end)) as Cnt362
Thanks Chris! This was very helpful
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