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The DATASOURCE Procedure

Overview
Getting Started
Structure of a SAS Data Set Containing Time Series Data Reading Data Files Subsetting Input Data Files Controlling the Frequency of Data – The INTERVAL= Option Selecting Time Series Variables – The KEEP and DROP Statements Controlling the Time Range of Data – The RANGE Statement Reading in Data Files Containing Cross Sections Obtaining Descriptive Information on Cross Sections Subsetting a Data File Containing Cross Sections Renaming Time Series Variables Changing the Lengths of Numeric Variables
Syntax
PROC DATASOURCE Statement KEEP Statement DROP Statement KEEPEVENT Statement DROPEVENT Statement WHERE Statement RANGE Statement ATTRIBUTE Statement FORMAT Statement LABEL Statement LENGTH Statement RENAME Statement
Details
Variable Lists OUT= Data Set OUTCONT= Data Set OUTBY= Data Set OUTALL= Data Set OUTEVENT= Data Set Data Elements Reference: DATASOURCE Procedure
Examples
BEA National Income and Product Accounts BLS Consumer Price Index Surveys BLS State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings Surveys DRI/McGraw-Hill Format CITIBASE Files DRI Data Delivery Service Database PC Format CITIBASE Database Quarterly COMPUSTAT Data Files Annual COMPUSTAT Data Files, V9.2 New Filetype CSAUC3 CRSP Daily NYSE/AMEX Combined Stocks
References

Getting Started: DATASOURCE Procedure

Subsections:

Structure of a SAS Data Set Containing Time Series Data
Reading Data Files
Subsetting Input Data Files
Controlling the Frequency of Data – The INTERVAL= Option
Selecting Time Series Variables – The KEEP and DROP Statements
Controlling the Time Range of Data – The RANGE Statement
Reading in Data Files Containing Cross Sections
Obtaining Descriptive Information on Cross Sections
Subsetting a Data File Containing Cross Sections
Renaming Time Series Variables
Changing the Lengths of Numeric Variables

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