The DATASOURCE Procedure
- Overview
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Getting Started
Structure of a SAS Data Set Containing Time Series DataReading Data FilesSubsetting Input Data FilesControlling the Frequency of Data – The INTERVAL= OptionSelecting Time Series Variables – The KEEP and DROP StatementsControlling the Time Range of Data – The RANGE StatementReading in Data Files Containing Cross SectionsObtaining Descriptive Information on Cross SectionsSubsetting a Data File Containing Cross SectionsRenaming Time Series VariablesChanging the Lengths of Numeric Variables -
Syntax
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Details
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ExamplesBEA National Income and Product AccountsBLS Consumer Price Index SurveysBLS State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings SurveysDRI/McGraw-Hill Format CITIBASE FilesDRI Data Delivery Service DatabasePC Format CITIBASE DatabaseQuarterly COMPUSTAT Data FilesAnnual COMPUSTAT Data Files, V9.2 New Filetype CSAUC3CRSP Daily NYSE/AMEX Combined Stocks
- References
The DATASOURCE procedure is designed to read data from many different files and to place them in a SAS data set. For example, if you have a DRI Basic Economics data file you want to read, use the following statements:
proc datasource filetype=dribasic infile=citifile out=dataset; run;
Here, the FILETYPE= option indicates that you want to read DRI’s Basic Economics data file, the INFILE= option specifies the fileref CITIFILE of the external file you want to read, and the OUT= option names the SAS data set to contain the time series data.