Example 8.17 Combining Generation Data Sets

Goal

Concatenate specific data sets in a generation group of data sets.

Example Features

Featured StepPROC APPEND

DATA step

PROC SQL
Featured Step Options and StatementsGENNUM= option

Input Data Sets

A library system maintains daily circulation records for the main library. The system maintains copies of the daily records for three days. It adds the daily records to a monthly data set daily after closing.

                CITYLIB.MAINLIB_DAILY (GENNUM=-2)

 Obs   circdate type                 adult juvenile youngpeople 1 03/06/2010 Audiocassettes 16 7 5 2 03/06/2010 CompactDiscs 111 78 11 3 03/06/2010 HardcoverFiction 31 4 1 4 03/06/2010 HardcoverNonfiction 236 87 18 5 03/06/2010 LargeTypeFiction 10 0 0 6 03/06/2010 LargeTypeNonfiction ...

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