You've sat through constant design meetings. You've endured countless requests for "just one more little change". You even managed to find a creative solution to that nagging technical problem. But, you persevered, and despite all of the obstacles, you've managed to eliminate the final syntax error in your newest SAS* routine. Time to sit back and relax -- uh, not quite ...
The primary focus of this presentation will be on techniques to ensure comprehension of your input data. We will look at several messages that are often found in the SASLOG, such as:
NOTE: MERGE statement has more than one data set with repeats of
BY values.
that imply that there may be gaps in your knowledge of your data! Special emphasis will be placed on the use of ad-hoc queries to assist in finding data anomalies that can cause problems with your SAS code. It is assumed that the reader has a basic understanding of the SASLOG, including its composition, format, and the SAS system options which control its content.
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