Printing Data

You can use the PRINT procedure to print SYSTEM 2000 data that is described by view descriptors in the same way that you use PROC PRINT with SAS data files. See the output, which shows the first page of output produced by the following program:

    proc print data=vlib.emppos(s2kpw=demo);
       title2 'Subset of EMPLOYEE Database Information';
    run;

Results of PROC PRINT for SYSTEM 2000 Data

                 Subset of EMPLOYEE Database Information                 1
 
 OBS  LASTNAME    FIRSTNME      POSITION          DEPARTME        MANAGER
 
   1                            PROGRAMMER        INFORMATION SY    MYJ
   2  AMEER       DAVID         SR SALES REPRESE  MARKETING         VPB
   3  AMEER       DAVID         JR SALES REPRESE  MARKETING         VPB
   4  BOWMAN      HUGH E.       EXECUTIVE VICE-P  CORPORATION       CPW
   5  BROOKS      RUBEN R.      JR SALES REPRESE  MARKETING         MAS
   6  BROWN       VIRGINA P.    MANAGER WESTERN   MARKETING         OMG
   7  CAHILL      JACOB         MANAGER SYSTEMS   INFORMATION SY    JBM
   8  CANADY      FRANK A.      MANAGER PERSONNE  ADMINISTRATION    PRK
   9  CHAN        TAI           SR SALES REPRESE  MARKETING         TZR
  10  COLLINS     LILLIAN       MAIL CLERK        ADMINISTRATION    SQT
  11  FAULKNER    CARRIE ANN    SECRETARY         CORPORATION       JBM
  12  FERNANDEZ   SOPHIA        STANDARDS & PROC  INFORMATION SY    JLH
  13  FREEMAN     LEOPOLD       SR SYSTEMS PROGR  INFORMATION SY   
JLH

When you use PROC PRINT, you might want to use the OBS= option, which enables you to specify the last observation to be processed. This is especially useful when the view descriptor describes large amounts of data, or when you just want to see a sample of the output. The following program uses the OBS= option to print the first five rows described by the view descriptor Vlib.EmpPos. The results follow the program.

    proc print data=vlib.emppos(s2kpw=demo obs=5);
       title2 'First Five Data Rows Described by VLIB.EMPPOS';
    run;

Results of Using the OBS= Option in PROC PRINT

               First Five Data Rows Described by VLIB.EMPPOS             1
 
 OBS  LASTNAME    FIRSTNME      POSITION          DEPARTME        MANAGER
 
   1                            PROGRAMMER        INFORMATION SY    MYJ
   2  AMEER       DAVID         SR SALES REPRESE  MARKETING         VPB
   3  AMEER       DAVID         JR SALES REPRESE  MARKETING         VPB
   4  BOWMAN      HUGH E.       EXECUTIVE VICE-P  CORPORATION       CPW
   5  BROOKS      RUBEN R.      JR SALES REPRESE  MARKETING        
MAS

The FIRSTOBS= option can also be used with view descriptors. However, the FIRSTOBS= option does not improve performance significantly because each record must be read and its position calculated.

For more information about the PRINT procedure, see the Base SAS Procedures Guide. For more information about the OBS= and FIRSTOBS= options, see SAS Data Set Options: Reference.