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SAS/ACCESS Interface to SYSTEM 2000 Data Management Software: Reference

Introduction

The advantage of the SAS/ACCESS interface to SYSTEM 2000 software is that it enables the SAS System to read and write SYSTEM 2000 data directly using SAS programs. This chapter presents examples of using SYSTEM 2000 data described by view descriptors in SAS programs. For information on the example data used in this chapter, see Example Data.

Throughout the examples, the SAS terms variable and observation are used instead of comparable SYSTEM 2000 terms, because this chapter illustrates using SAS System procedures and the DATA step. The examples include printing and charting data, using the SQL procedure to combine data from various sources, and updating a Version 7 SAS data set with data from SYSTEM 2000 software. For more information on the SAS language and procedures used in the examples, refer to the books listed at the end of each section.

At the end of this chapter, Performance Considerations presents some techniques for using view descriptors efficiently in SAS programs.

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