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David_Billa
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

I'm trying to Union the three datasets and in the final target dataset,I want to display all the records where REPORTING_DT variable values are not missing.It's a numeric variable and it has both missing and non missing values.

 

When I tried the code below, I could see no record is being created in the ouput.I did tried with 'Where REPORTING_DT  <> .' but still it's not producing any rows in the Output.

 

Code which I used is,

 

proc sql;
   create view work.TMP_Final_Output as
      select
      Have1.UNIT,
      Have1.REPORTING_CAUSE,
      Have1.REPORTING_DT      
   from
      Have1
   where
      REPORTING_DT NOT IS MISSING 
   union all  
   select
      Have2.UNIT,
      Have2.REPORTING_CAUSE,
      Have2.REPORTING_DT
         from
      Have2
   where
      REPORTING_DT NOT IS MISSING 
   union all  
   select
      Have3.UNIT,
      Have3.REPORTING_CAUSE,
      Have3.REPORTING_DT
      from
      Have3
   where
      REPORTING_DT NOT IS MISSING ;
quit;
      
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SASKiwi
PROC Star

Try this: REPORTING_DT IS NOT MISSING

PGStats
Opal | Level 21

But this works...

 

data a;
set sashelp.class;
where age =12;
run;

data b;
set sashelp.class;
where age =13;
run;

data c;
set sashelp.class;
where age =14;
run;

proc sql;
create view d as
select name from a where name not is missing
union all
select name from b where name not is missing
union all
select name from c where name not is missing;
select * from d;
quit;
PG
David_Billa
Rhodochrosite | Level 12
It's not working as I don't see any records in the output.
PGStats
Opal | Level 21

How did you check that your view returns no rows?

PG
David_Billa
Rhodochrosite | Level 12
I used create table statement to check the observation.
PGStats
Opal | Level 21

It may be that you tried to create a table AND a view with the same name? SAS doesn't allow that.

PG
Kurt_Bremser
Super User

You only create a view. A view does not do anything before it is used.

 

If that was only part of your code, then please:

  • post usable example data for have1, have2, have3 (dara steps with datalines
  • and your whole code that led to the "zero" result.
  • and the log from that code
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