hello,
%LET dte = %sysfunc(intnx(month, &today, -27));
i am running a query with a pass through connection and when using
where>'01Mar2015'd everything looks fine but if i use a macro variable
where>&dte then i get the warning 'symbolic reference dte not being resolved" which leads to an error
i also tried to double qoute this macro var and again the same warning and error
Any idea why is this happening?
You don't need the double quotes around &month_27
This macro variable is resolved for me in my application with my database and works as expected.
Does &today have a value?
yes it does ,sorry
%LET today = %sysfunc(today());
Then we need to see a larger section of your code so we can understand the entire usage.
Without seeing more of your code, this is a shot in the dark. Try adding a %GLOBAL statement before assigning a value to DTE:
%global dte;
%let dte = %sysfunc ...........;
%global not working either 😞
the code works fine if i use tab2.CREATION_DATE >="01MAR2015"d but not if i use the macro var below and it resolves fine everywhere out of the query but not in the query below
%LET today = %sysfunc(today());
%LET month_27 = %sysfunc(intnx(month, &today, -27));
%put &month_27;
CREATE TABLE clkb_base AS
SELECT x,y,z
FROM tab1
JOIN tab2 ON tab1.ADDR_ENTITY_ID = tab2.CUSTOMER_ID
JOIN tab3. ON tab1.ID = tab3.ENTITY_ID
........................
.........................
WHERE tab2.CREATION_DATE >="&month_27"
QUIT;
You don't need the double quotes around &month_27
This macro variable is resolved for me in my application with my database and works as expected.
yea,i also tried the same code on EG SAS and works but did not on PC SAS so definately not a syntax issue
thank you
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