So I understand how to set up automatic dates in SAS:
/* Normal Date (today) */
%let Today_SAS = %sysfunc(date(),Date9.);
%LET Run_Date = %SYSFUNC(INPUTN(&Today_SAS., Date9.));
/*This will give the date 3 months back */
%LET Three_SAS = %SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH, &Run_Date., -3., B), Date9.);
/* This will give the date 6 months back */
%LET Six_SAS = %SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH, &Run_Date., -6., B), Date9.);
/* This will give the date 9 months back */
%LET Nine_SAS = %SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH, &Run_Date., -9., B), Date9.);
/* This will give the date 12 months back */
%LET Twelve_SAS = %SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH, &Run_Date., -12., B), Date9.);
My Question is how do I pass this macro into a Hadoop HIVE passthrough?
Here is a crude example below of the code I am using to pass through to Hadoop. I am hoping to automate the date process, but I am at a loss on this one.
Proc SQL noerrorstop;
Connect to HADOOP (server='xxx' port=xxx);
Execute (set mapreduce.job.queuename=sas.xxx) by HADOOP;
Execute (set parquet.compression=SNAPPY) by HADOOP;
Execute (drop table if exists test.test) by HADOOP;
Execute (create table test.test stored as parquet as
select distinct
a.Element1,
a.Element2,
a.Element3,
a.Element4,
b.Element5
from Test.Test2 as a
LEFT JOIN Test.Test3 b on
a.ElementJoin=b.ElementJoin
where to_date(b.Element5) >= ('2018-01-01')
) by hadoop;
quit;
Thanks for any suggestions or helpful material to reference.
From the Hive reference found here.
cast(string as date) |
If the string is in the form 'YYYY-MM-DD', then a date value corresponding to that year/month/day is returned. If the string value does not match this formate, then NULL is returned. |
Or here a whole list of options if using to_date()
And now you can use your macro variables. You just need to enclose the values into single quotes when using in the Hive SQL. Here how that can be done:
%let Today_SAS = %sysfunc(date(),Date9.);
%LET Run_Date = %SYSFUNC(INPUTN(&Today_SAS., Date9.));
/*This will give the date 3 months back */
%LET Three_SAS = %SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH, &Run_Date., -3., B), Date9.);
/*Method 1:*/
%put Method 1: %unquote(%str(%'&Run_Date%'));
/*Method 2 (If running SAS 9.4 or greater):*/
%put Method 2: %tslit(&Run_Date);
Solution above inspired by here.
For your where clause:
where to_date(b.Element5) >= cast(%tslit(&Run_Date) as date)
From the Hive reference found here.
cast(string as date) |
If the string is in the form 'YYYY-MM-DD', then a date value corresponding to that year/month/day is returned. If the string value does not match this formate, then NULL is returned. |
Or here a whole list of options if using to_date()
And now you can use your macro variables. You just need to enclose the values into single quotes when using in the Hive SQL. Here how that can be done:
%let Today_SAS = %sysfunc(date(),Date9.);
%LET Run_Date = %SYSFUNC(INPUTN(&Today_SAS., Date9.));
/*This will give the date 3 months back */
%LET Three_SAS = %SYSFUNC(INTNX(MONTH, &Run_Date., -3., B), Date9.);
/*Method 1:*/
%put Method 1: %unquote(%str(%'&Run_Date%'));
/*Method 2 (If running SAS 9.4 or greater):*/
%put Method 2: %tslit(&Run_Date);
Solution above inspired by here.
For your where clause:
where to_date(b.Element5) >= cast(%tslit(&Run_Date) as date)
Like this?
%let today_hive = %sysfunc(date(),yymmddd10.);
where to_date(b.Element5) >= to_date(%nrbquote('&today_hive'))
Thank you both! @ChrisNZ and @Patrick both those solutions seem to work for what I need. I wasn't sure if the passthru would accept SAS macro logic however I learned that the SAS system will first build the packet that it will be sending over to Hadoop/HIVE, which means that SAS will interpret the macro date first and make sure that my variable is added prior to it sending over the packet.
So I learned something from this. Appreciate you both again.
Thanks!
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