I'm trying to create a new numeric variable PODVER via case when statement in DI studio as follows. When I exceute this code, I got error like 'Apparent symbolic reference not resolved'. reporting_date is a macro variable and it has values like 02JAN2018, 12OCT2019.... Could you please help me to resolve the issue?
(case
when NEW_RENEWAL_DAY_MONTH_YEAR=REPORTING_DATE_ddmon
and KNKATD='7'
then input("&reporting_date.",date9.)
when input(cats(NEW_RENEWAL_DAY_MONTH_YEAR,"2018"),date9.) > today()
then input(cats(NEW_RENEWAL_DAY_MONTH_YEAR,"2018"),date9.)
else input(cats(NEW_RENEWAL_DAY_MONTH_YEAR,"2019"),date9.) end) as PODVER length = 8 format = DATE9.
Log:
1595 (case when NEW_RENEWAL_DAY_MONTH_YEAR=REPORTING_DATE_ddmon and KNKATD='7' then
1595 ! input("&reporting_date.",date9.)
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference REPORTING_DATE not resolved.
1596 when input(cats(NEW_RENEWAL_DAY_MONTH_YEAR,"2018"),date9.) > today() then
1596 ! input(cats(NEW_RENEWAL_DAY_MONTH_YEAR,"2018"),date9.)
1597 else input(cats(NEW_RENEWAL_DAY_MONTH_YEAR,"2019"),date9.) end) as PODVER length = 8
1598 format = DATE9.
1599 from &SYSLAST
SYMBOLGEN: Macro variable SYSLAST resolves to WORK.W728Z2TN
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference REPORTING_DATE not resolved.
@Babloo wrote:
It is there. It is a global macro variable which I created at the beginning in user written transformation.
Put this code in your program immediately before the part with the problematic macro variable:
%put _global_;
That will display currently defined global macro variables and the values.
In addition to comments about existence of the variable this may be suboptimal coding in general:
then input("&reporting_date.",date9.)
unless you do not trust what ever is supposed to be making &reporting_date to be proper text in data9 format such as "18SEP2018".
Simpler would be
then "&reporting_date."d
You are using a macro variable in your code (specifically &reporting_date), but no such macro variable exists.
It is there. It is a global macro variable which I created at the beginning in user written transformation.
I am afraid it is not:
WARNING: Apparent symbolic reference REPORTING_DATE not resolved.
That warning is clearly telling you that no macro variable REPORTING_DATE is present in scope at the point that code is run.
Possibly its not in scope, don't know how DI integrates various components.
@Babloo wrote:
It is there. It is a global macro variable which I created at the beginning in user written transformation.
When I have the choice between believing a programmer who says he did something, or believing SAS, which says that the programmer didn't do that thing, I believe SAS.
You may think you have created a global macro variable by that name, but you have not done it properly.
@Babloo wrote:
It is there. It is a global macro variable which I created at the beginning in user written transformation.
No, it isn't. In a dispute, SAS is always right, the programmer never. I can tell you this from 20 years experience.
@Babloo wrote:
It is there. It is a global macro variable which I created at the beginning in user written transformation.
Put this code in your program immediately before the part with the problematic macro variable:
%put _global_;
That will display currently defined global macro variables and the values.
In addition to comments about existence of the variable this may be suboptimal coding in general:
then input("&reporting_date.",date9.)
unless you do not trust what ever is supposed to be making &reporting_date to be proper text in data9 format such as "18SEP2018".
Simpler would be
then "&reporting_date."d
In addition to comments about existence of the variable this may be suboptimal coding in general:
then input("&reporting_date.",date9.)
unless you do not trust what ever is supposed to be making &reporting_date to be proper text in data9 format such as "18SEP2018".
Simpler would be
then "&reporting_date."d
I know that this is a pretty old topic at this point but I was having the same problem and I resolved it myself.
I realized that I had not actually RUN my %let statements before attempting to use them further down in the program.
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