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Hey guys, I keep getting error while I try to run my macro in a do loop. 

ERROR: The macro MYLOOP generated CARDS (data lines) for the DATA step, which could cause incorrect results. The DATA step and the macro will stop executing.
I read in a few places that I cannot use datalines in a macro definition. I thought of a way to make this into a table and then use the table instead of datalines. 
What can be done here?
%MACRO MYLOOP;
  %DO I=-12 %TO -6;

%LET CM_DATE=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,%SYSFUNC(TODAY())-1,&I.,E),DATE7.);

%LET LM_DATE=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,%SYSFUNC(TODAY())-1,&I.-1,E),DATE7.);

%LET CM_BG=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,%SYSFUNC(TODAY())-1,&I.,B),DATE7.);

DATA D_&LM_DATE.;
INFILE DATALINES DELIMITER=','; 
LENGTH BRANCH_CODE $20. PRODUCT_FLG $30. CUST_REMOVE_FLG $11.;
FORMAT BRANCH_CODE $20. PRODUCT_FLG $30. CUST_REMOVE_FLG $11.;
INPUT BRANCH_CODE $ COUNT PRODUCT_FLG $ CUST_REMOVE_FLG $ A_BALANCE Daily_AVG_Balance;
DATALINES;
9000,0,SA ROYALE,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA ROYALE,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,SA NTB,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,SA PLATINUM,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA MAX,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA NTB,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA POWER,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA PLATINUM,D.NORMAL,0,0
;


  %END;
%MEND MYLOOP;

%MYLOOP;
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Rick_SAS
SAS Super FREQ

For your example, the data are the same for each  iteration of the macro, so you can create the data outside the loop and use a SET statement inside the loop:

 

DATA D;
INFILE DATALINES DELIMITER=','; 
LENGTH BRANCH_CODE $20. PRODUCT_FLG $30. CUST_REMOVE_FLG $11.;
FORMAT BRANCH_CODE $20. PRODUCT_FLG $30. CUST_REMOVE_FLG $11.;
INPUT BRANCH_CODE $ COUNT PRODUCT_FLG $ CUST_REMOVE_FLG $ A_BALANCE Daily_AVG_Balance;
DATALINES;
9000,0,SA ROYALE,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA ROYALE,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,SA NTB,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,SA PLATINUM,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA MAX,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA NTB,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA POWER,D.NORMAL,0,0
9000,0,CA PLATINUM,D.NORMAL,0,0
;

%MACRO MYLOOP;
%DO I=-12 %TO -6;

%LET CM_DATE=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,%SYSFUNC(TODAY())-1,&I.,E),DATE7.);
%LET LM_DATE=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,%SYSFUNC(TODAY())-1,&I.-1,E),DATE7.);
%LET CM_BG=%SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH,%SYSFUNC(TODAY())-1,&I.,B),DATE7.);

DATA D_&LM_DATE.;
   set D;
run;
%END;
%MEND MYLOOP;

%MYLOOP;

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