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ewv
Obsidian | Level 7 ewv
Obsidian | Level 7

I have a question about the available data formats within SAS Visual Analytics Data Explorer. When I search for data formats online, I notice that there are many available formats (for instance, I used the format NLADATMYW recently while doing a query). However, within Data Explorer, there seems to be a very limited number of formats available. Am I missing a way to select a from a larger list of data formats (not just for Date variables, but any type of variable)?

 

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SASKiwi
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The data formats available in VA don't necessarily align with large range of SAS formats available outside of VA. Also please note that while you can assign a SAS format to a column being imported into VA, this automatically restricts you to using that column as a category and not a measure.

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SASKiwi
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The data formats available in VA don't necessarily align with large range of SAS formats available outside of VA. Also please note that while you can assign a SAS format to a column being imported into VA, this automatically restricts you to using that column as a category and not a measure.

ewv
Obsidian | Level 7 ewv
Obsidian | Level 7

Thank you very much, this is useful information to know and explains why I couldn't view it as a measure!

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