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bayzid
Obsidian | Level 7

Is it possible to view the data table for selected observations? For example, I want to view the following table for drid=1.

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SASKiwi
PROC Star

Try a WHERE statement in the command line with VIEWTABLE open: where drid=1  

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SASKiwi
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Try a WHERE statement in the command line with VIEWTABLE open: where drid=1  

bayzid
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks very much.

BayzidurRahman
Obsidian | Level 7

Is it also possible to display only selected variables in the view table?

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

You can hide unwanted columns in the Viewtable window. Select the column(s) you want to hide by clicking (plus optionally shift-click or ctrl-click) on the column name(s), then right-click on a column name and select Hide.

 

You can also create a VIEW which only includes the columns you want to see. Example:

 

proc sql;
    create view abc as select make,model,msrp,cylinders from sashelp.cars;
quit;

 

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Paige Miller
bayzid
Obsidian | Level 7

thanks. It creates a new table.

I was wondering if similar thing could be done from the command line without creating a new table as my dataset is very big.

PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

@bayzid wrote:

thanks. It creates a new table.

I was wondering if similar thing could be done from the command line without creating a new table as my dataset is very big.


It does NOT create a new table, it creates a VIEW. These are different. A VIEW doesn't require that a brand new (and very large) data set be created; it allows you to VIEW the data set that already exists in ways that you specify, such as it allows you to view only specified columns of this large data set.

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Paige Miller
bayzid
Obsidian | Level 7

Thanks. got it

Ksharp
Super User
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But it only can handle one variable one time.
PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

@Ksharp wrote:
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But it only can handle one variable one time.

Although this isn't as good a solution (in my opinion) as creating a view, this does work if you want to try it in the command line

 

 

hide type;hide drivetrain;hide origin
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Paige Miller

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