SAS/FSP Software Procedures Guide

Guide to SAS/FSP Procedures

The following table shows which tasks each SAS/FSP procedure performs and what special features it provides.

Procedure Uses and Features

FSBROWSE Uses
Browsing existing SAS data sets
Editing and updating existing SAS data sets
Creating new SAS data sets
Creating data entry and editing applications
Features
Displays one observation at a time.
Window characteristics can be customized.
Application-specific key definitions can be assigned.
Associated SAS Component Language programs can display computed variables, validate field values, and manipulate values from other SAS data sets.
The FSLETTER procedure can be called to create letters or reports containing information from the displayed data set.

FSEDIT Uses
Browsing existing SAS data sets
Creating data presentation application
Features
Displays one observation at a time.
Window characteristics can be customized.
Application-specific key definitions can be assigned.
Associated SAS Component Language programs can display computed variables and values from other SAS data sets.
The FSLETTER procedure can be called to create letters or reports containing information from the displayed data set.

FSLETTER Uses
Creating individual letters and reports
Creating personalized form letters and reports that incorporate values from a SAS data set
Features
Customized forms can be used to define printer characteristics.
Text-field highlighting can be used to take advantage of all available printer capabilities.
The text editor's spelling checker can be used to verify words in entered text.

FSVIEW Uses
Browsing existing SAS data sets
Editing and updating existing SAS data sets
Creating new SAS data sets
Features
Displays observations in tabular format.
Window characteristics can be customized.
Associated formulas can display computed variables and can validate or otherwise manipulate column values.

Procedure	Uses and Features
FSBROWSE	Uses Browsing existing SAS data sets Editing and updating existing SAS data sets Creating new SAS data sets Creating data entry and editing applications Features Displays one observation at a time. Window characteristics can be customized. Application-specific key definitions can be assigned. Associated SAS Component Language programs can display computed variables, validate field values, and manipulate values from other SAS data sets. The FSLETTER procedure can be called to create letters or reports containing information from the displayed data set.
FSEDIT	Uses Browsing existing SAS data sets Creating data presentation application Features Displays one observation at a time. Window characteristics can be customized. Application-specific key definitions can be assigned. Associated SAS Component Language programs can display computed variables and values from other SAS data sets. The FSLETTER procedure can be called to create letters or reports containing information from the displayed data set.
FSLETTER	Uses Creating individual letters and reports Creating personalized form letters and reports that incorporate values from a SAS data set Features Customized forms can be used to define printer characteristics. Text-field highlighting can be used to take advantage of all available printer capabilities. The text editor's spelling checker can be used to verify words in entered text.
FSVIEW	Uses Browsing existing SAS data sets Editing and updating existing SAS data sets Creating new SAS data sets Features Displays observations in tabular format. Window characteristics can be customized. Associated formulas can display computed variables and can validate or otherwise manipulate column values.

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