What you're after is "standardization". If these are only a few cases like "corp." to "Corporation" then some sort of lookup table approach to translate words could work. If the number of cases is bigger and there could additional ones in the future then software which helps you with standardization would be the optimal way to go. With SAS such standardization "routines" are available via the SAS Data Quality Server ("DataFlux"). ... View more

SAS Enterprise Guide 4.3 is not officially supported on Windows 8.  See the support matrix in this SAS Note:    34960 - SAS® Enterprise Guide® support matrix That being said, usually the hiccups occur during the installation process.  You might be able to get it to work by first installing all of the prerequisites: the proper version of Microsoft .NET (3.5sp1), etc.  These are listed in the System Requirements documentation. Once installed, I wouldn't expect any usage issues.  However, SAS Technical Support can offer official support only for the "advertised" operating systems for the given product release. Chris ... View more