There are several ways to import DBF files in SAS. First, there is PROC DBF: filename dbfin ’employee.dbf’; proc dbf db5=dbfin out=employee; run; But in my environment (SAS 9.1.3 Windows XP; and SAS 9.2 on Windows Server 2008 with Enterprise Guide 4.2 …
Example 8.4: Including subsetting conditions in output
A number of analyses perform operations on subsets. Making it clear what observations have been excluded or included is helpful to include in the output.SASThe where statement (section A.6.3) is a powerful and useful tool for subsetting on the fly. (…
NOTE: Marking Time with Enterprise Guide
In my recent review of a client’s SAS/Base jobs’ suitability for EG visual coding, I wasn’t surprised to come across some jobs that created new tables each month where the table names included the date. The table names were of the form MASTER.SALES_201…
Project Management, Churchill-Style
Having recently marked the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II’s Battle of Britain, my interest was piqued by a book sub-titled “Project Lessons from Winston Churchill and Battle of Britain”. The idea of viewing World War II as a project surp…
Super simple macros to make a statistician’s life easier
I will be presenting this at NESUG in November in Baltimore Macros can be a very complex topic, but some very simple macros can make life easier for a data analyst or statistician. I give a very basic introduction to macros from the perspective of a da…
NOTE: Celebrating Our 1st Birthday
Though I did a couple of test posts in July 2009, NOTE: really got started with its first post on Friday September 4th 2009. So, today we celebrate our first birthday.
In that year we’ve built a loyal band of followers. Thank you to all of you.
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