I am trying to make a filter in SAS EG using the Filter Data tab and the prompt date. I get the error below. Not sure why.
1 ;*';*";*/;quit;run;
2 OPTIONS PAGENO=MIN;
3 %LET DateRange_max = 31Dec2022;
4 %LET DateRange_min_label = November 01, 2021;
5 %LET DateRange_min = 01Nov2021;
6 %LET DateRange_max_label = December 31, 2022;
7 PROC SQL NOEXEC;
8 SELECT t2.CIN,
9 t2.Month,
10 t2.Year,
11 t2.DATE,
12 /* October */
13 (Month( intnx('month', "&DateRange_min"d, 11, 'end'))) FORMAT=Z2. AS October,
14 t2.Age_Group,
15 t2.Elig
16 FROM WORK.NO_DUP t2
17 WHERE t2.DATE BETWEEN &DateRange_min AND &DateRange_max;
NOTE: Line generated by the macro variable "DATERANGE_MIN".
17 01Nov2021
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22
76
ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: !!, *, **, +, -, /, AND, ||.
ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
18 QUIT;
NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors.
NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time):
real time 0.00 seconds
cpu time 0.00 seconds
19 %SYMDEL DateRange_max_label;
20 %SYMDEL DateRange_min_label;
21 %SYMDEL DateRange_min;
22 %SYMDEL DateRange_max;
23
24 QUIT; RUN;
Found why it wasn't working. I did not check off "Generate filter for a prompt value". Now it is working! 😀
Found why it wasn't working. I did not check off "Generate filter for a prompt value". Now it is working! 😀
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