Automated creation of datasets

[Q1983]

data states;

set states1;

run;

sample output

State id

AK 111

AL 122

CA 131

data AK AL CA;

set states;

if state = 'AK' then output ala;

if state = 'AL' then output AL;

if state = 'CA' then output CA;

etc.....to all 50 states

run;

1. I want to create a dataset for each state and eventually create a separate output tab report for each. If the state pulls no record I want a blank dataset with the states name

2. Is there a way to loop through this without manually creating 50 datasets as shown here

[PaigeMiller]

If you keep all the data in a single data set, and use the BY statement, you can do all of your analyses by state.

To create different tabs (do you mean Excel tabs?), I think you'd have to do some sort of looping in a macro. Even then, manual creation of datasets, or even a manual creation of the list of states, is not necessary.

[novinosrin]

This topic is well covered in this post. 

http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Split_Data_into_Subsets

or here:

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2015/01/26/how-to-split-one-data-set-into-many/

Courtesy of @Reeza, I got those 2 links from this https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Procedures/A-better-way-to-create-subgroups/m-p/426628#M68366

[PaigeMiller]

Ooh, I like it, especially the section entitled

Best Practice: Just Don't Do It

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

Maybe rather than talk about automatic creation, let's talk about creating an Excel file with a Tab for each group.

https://support.sas.com/rnd/base/ods/odsmarkup/excelxp_demo.html#data

See the example above - run it! And then you can use ODS EXCEL (SAS 9.4+) to create a native Excel file with a sheet for each BY group by default.