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qwerty12
Fluorite | Level 6

how can i convert .sas7bcat format file to .sas7bdat?

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

SAS7BCAT are catalogs, not data sets. So you can't convert SAS7BCAT to SAS7BDAT.

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Paige Miller
Tom
Super User Tom
Super User

In general you cannot.  Whether you can do anything or not depends on what types of member are in the catalog.  So the first thing to do is see what is in the catalog.

https://documentation.sas.com/doc/en/pgmsascdc/9.4_3.5/proc/p098gxyhcmikjdn134dvlhryd4ju.htm

 

If the catalog just contains format definitions then you can convert those to a dataset using PROC FORMAT.

 

 

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