Import and Export Wizards Overview

With the Import and Export Wizards you can transfer data between external data sources and SAS Data sets. As each wizard presents a series of windows with simple choices to guide you through a process, making a complex or infrequent task more simple to perform.

• The Import Wizard guides you through the steps to read data from an external data source and write it to a SAS data set.

• The Export Wizard guides you through the steps to read data from a SAS data set and write it to an external data source.

You can request that the wizard generate the procedure statements, which you can save to a file for subsequent use. For each step, each wizard displays a window with available selections. To get help for any window or window item, select Help.

To start either wizard, select File  Import Data or File  Export Data.

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