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TMiller16
Fluorite | Level 6

When doing a PROC IMPORT, can I add a filter here?  If so, where?  I am a basic SAS user so any help would be appreciated.

 

 

PROC IMPORT TABLE="Sales" OUT=Sales

DBMS=access

REPLACE;

DATABASE="\\americredit.com\db_files\AOC\SA\AR\Analytics\RDW.accdb";

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mkeintz
PROC Star

You  can use what are called "data set name parameters", and a "where" expression can be one of those paramenters.

 

PROC IMPORT TABLE="Sales" OUT=Sales  (where=(logical expression here));

DBMS=access

REPLACE;

DATABASE="\\americredit.com\db_files\AOC\SA\AR\Analytics\RDW.accdb";

 

Unfortunately the filter is applied when writing the output, not on reading the input.

 

 

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The hash OUTPUT method will overwrite a SAS data set, but not append. That can be costly. Consider voting for Add a HASH object method which would append a hash object to an existing SAS data set

Would enabling PROC SORT to simultaneously output multiple datasets be useful? Then vote for
Allow PROC SORT to output multiple datasets

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mkeintz
PROC Star

You  can use what are called "data set name parameters", and a "where" expression can be one of those paramenters.

 

PROC IMPORT TABLE="Sales" OUT=Sales  (where=(logical expression here));

DBMS=access

REPLACE;

DATABASE="\\americredit.com\db_files\AOC\SA\AR\Analytics\RDW.accdb";

 

Unfortunately the filter is applied when writing the output, not on reading the input.

 

 

--------------------------
The hash OUTPUT method will overwrite a SAS data set, but not append. That can be costly. Consider voting for Add a HASH object method which would append a hash object to an existing SAS data set

Would enabling PROC SORT to simultaneously output multiple datasets be useful? Then vote for
Allow PROC SORT to output multiple datasets

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