If there are multiple records per id, how to make it as one record as below:
id brand
123 iphone
234 samsung
234 iphone
id brand
123 iphone
234 samsung | iphone
Here's two different ways:
*create sample data for demonstration;
data have;
infile cards dlm='09'x;
input OrgID Product $ States $;
cards;
1 football DC
1 football VA
1 football MD
2 football CA
3 football NV
3 football CA
;
run;
*Sort - required for both options;
proc sort data=have;
by orgID;
run;
**********************************************************************;
*Use RETAIN and BY group processing to combine the information;
**********************************************************************;
data want_option1;
set have;
by orgID;
length combined $100.;
retain combined;
if first.orgID then
combined=states;
else
combined=catx(', ', combined, states);
if last.orgID then
output;
run;
**********************************************************************;
*Transpose it to a wide format and then combine into a single field;
**********************************************************************;
proc transpose data=have out=wide prefix=state_;
by orgID;
var states;
run;
data want_option2;
set wide;
length combined $100.;
combined=catx(', ', of state_:);
run;
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You can use first.id for top most record or last.id for last record.
doing proc sort before this step will give better results.
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