Calling SAS Procedures

Introduction to Calling a SAS Procedure

In previous chapters you learned how to open a data set and how to explore the data by creating dynamically linked graphs. Qualitatively exploring your data might lead you to formulate statistical models. You can use Base SAS and SAS/STAT procedures to quantitatively analyze your data.

This chapter shows you how to call SAS procedures from an IMLPlus program. The program statements in this chapter are distributed with SAS/IML Studio. To open the program that contains the statements:

  1. Select File →Open →File from the main menu.

  2. Click Go to Installation directory near the bottom of the dialog box.

  3. Navigate to the Programs\Doc\STATGuide folder.

  4. Select the Proc.sx file.

  5. Click Open.