SAS programmers often struggle to understand the full potential of CASL programming for data analytics, making many unsure about what it can do. In this article, we will demystify CASL and explain its importance in SAS Viya. First, let’s understand the basics of CAS and CASL in SAS Viya. What is CAS (Cloud Analytic Services)? … Read more
Before you learn more about SAS Views you should look at what is SAS Data Set. SAS views are built on top of the SAS data set hence it is pivotal to know more about what happens in the backend when you create SAS data set. What Is SAS Data Set? A SAS data set … Read more
You can use the PROC PRINT procedure to print observations in a SAS data set using some or all of the variables. It’s one of the oldest yet relevant SAS procedures which is being used widely. With the new more advanced procedure like PROC REPORT, ODS system, PROC PRINT kind of left behind in the … Read more
PROC REPORT statement combines features of the PROC PRINT, PROC MEANS, and PROC TABULATE procedures with features of the DATA step in a single report-writing tool that can produce a variety of reports. You can use PROC REPORT procedure to create a report with the SAS dataset and in the formats you would like to … Read more
The END= option used in the data step is very powerful to identify the last observation from the SAS dataset. The end= option to tell SAS to create a temporary numeric value whose value is used to detect the last observation. The following sample dataset will be used to show how to use end=last option … Read more
In this article you’ll learn 8 different ways with examples on how to select the first N rows in SAS. Sometimes you may want to extract the first 5 observations or just a specific row, let’s say 5th observation, or you may want to extract observations within the specified range. Everything can be achieved using … Read more
Here are three different ways you can delete rows from SAS dataset. Each method has different ways to write a code, specify conditions based on that SAS deletes the rows from a dataset. Method 1: Use DATA STEP To Delete Rows In SAS /* delete rows if id>= 10 */ data new_dataset; set original_dataset; if … Read more
The both nodupkey and nodup (noduprecs) options can be used in the proc sort procedure. The function of these two options seems similar but it isn’t. In general they remove duplicate rows but in a bit different manner. It’s very important know the difference before you try to delete duplicate rows. With nodupkey option SAS … Read more
In this article you’ll learn how to create country-level maps in SAS Studio using BASE SAS code. You’ll learn how to draw country maps highlighting their states, regions or counties. There is a common structure to follow to create any country-level maps without much hustle. The coordinates and all the required information is already available … Read more
The formats are used in the SAS (statistical analysis system) to determine how variable values to be displayed or written as output. There are plenty of built-in formats available in SAS such as date9., w10., comma10.2, MMDDYYw., etc. It is also allowed to create your own user-defined formats in SAS. You can set your own … Read more