read sas7bdat file with SAS9.4

[Lemond2022]

This is the simplest possible question.

I have a file named "population.sas7bdat" at C:\project

How can I read this file on SAS 9.4?

[SASKiwi]

A sas7bdat file is what is called a SAS dataset. The most direct way of reading this into a temporary dataset is like this:

data Want; * Reads the dataset into a temporary dataset called Want.;
  set 'c:\UK\population.sas7bdat';
run;

* Prints the first 10 rows in the dataset;
proc print data = 'c:\UK\population.sas7bdat' (obs = 10);
run;

[Kurt_Bremser]

Or you go the library way:

libname in "c:\project";

data want;
set in.population;
run;

This assumes that your SAS is in fact installed and running on your desktop. If you use SAS on a server with SAS Studio or Enterprise Guide, you have to upload the file to the server first.