| SAS Data Set Options for the Information Maps Engine |
Specifies whether detailed data or aggregated data should be retrieved
| Valid in: |
DATA Step
|
| Category: |
Data Set Control
|
| Default: |
NO
|
By default, or when you specify AGGREGATE=NO, aggregate
data items in the information map are not accessible through the Information
Maps engine. If an information map contains such data items, then a warning
is displayed in the SAS log indicating how many data items are not accessible.
Specify AGGREGATE=YES to retrieve aggregated data.
When you specify AGGREGATE=YES and use the CONTENTS procedure to view
the contents of an information map, a column named Default Aggregation appears
in the procedure output showing the default aggregation function that is assigned
to the variable. If the original variable was character type, it is changed
to numeric type due to applying the aggregation function. For example, a default
aggregation function of COUNT on a character variable containing names produces
a numeric variable that contains the number of names. A line in the heading
of the CONTENTS procedure output shows the number of aggregate variables,
if any.
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