CIMPORT Procedure

SELECT Statement

Specifies individual files or entries to import.

Interaction:	You can use either EXCLUDE statements or SELECT statements in a PROC CIMPORT step, but not both.
Tip:	There is no limit to the number of SELECT statements that you can use in one invocation of PROC CIMPORT.
Example:	Importing Individual Catalog Entries

SAS file(s) | catalog entry(s): specifies one or more SAS files or one or more catalog entries to import. Specify SAS filenames if you import a library; specify catalog entry names if you import an individual SAS catalog. Separate multiple filenames or entry names with a space. You can use shortcuts to list many like-named files in the SELECT statement. For more information, see Shortcuts for Specifying Lists of Variable Names.

Tip
Refer to Names in the SAS Language in SAS Language Reference: Concepts for naming conventions that you can use for names and member names.

ENTRYTYPE=entry-type: specifies a single entry type for one or more catalog entries that are listed in the SELECT statement. See SAS Language Reference: Concepts for a complete list of catalog entry types.

Alias:ETYPE=, ET=

Restriction:ENTRYTYPE= is valid only when you import an individual SAS catalog.

MEMTYPE=mtype: specifies a single member type for one or more SAS files listed in the SELECT statement. Valid values are CATALOG or CAT, DATA, or ALL.

You can also specify the MEMTYPE= option, enclosed in parentheses, immediately after the name of a file. In parentheses, MEMTYPE= identifies the type of the filename that just precedes it. When you use this form of the option, it overrides the MEMTYPE= option that follows the slash in the SELECT statement, but it must match the MEMTYPE= option in the PROC CIMPORT statement.

Alias:MTYPE=, MT=

Default:ALL

Restriction:MEMTYPE= is valid only when you import a SAS library.