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Calcite | Level 5
Hello!
I have a question. Soon I will work with some data that are located on a shared fold in the google drive. This dataset is a STATA dataset. How can I import a STATA dataset that is located in google drive?
Thank you very much for your help!
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SASJedi
Ammonite | Level 13

For a good start accecsing data in cloud storage, like Google Drive, DropBox, etc., check out this post: 
Using SAS to access data stored on Dropbox
The SAS/ACCESS Interface for PC Files can import STATA data. The code will be something like this:

proc import datafile="mySTATAfile.dta" 
   out=work.mySTATdata 
   dbms=DTA
    REPLACE;
 run;
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SASJedi
Ammonite | Level 13

For a good start accecsing data in cloud storage, like Google Drive, DropBox, etc., check out this post: 
Using SAS to access data stored on Dropbox
The SAS/ACCESS Interface for PC Files can import STATA data. The code will be something like this:

proc import datafile="mySTATAfile.dta" 
   out=work.mySTATdata 
   dbms=DTA
    REPLACE;
 run;
Check out my Jedi SAS Tricks for SAS Users

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