DATA step component objects 527
hash iterator object 541
hash object 528
DATA step debugger 4, 154
DATA step output 16
DATA step processing 412
altering flow for a given observation
421
changing default sequence of execution
420
compilation phase 414
default sequence of execution 419
during concatenation 488
during interleaving 492
during match-merging 504
during one-to-one merging 499
during one-to-one reading 497
example 415
execution phase 414
flow of action 412
step boundaries 422
troubleshooting execution 424
with UPDATE statement 509
DATA step programs
See stored compiled DATA step
programs
DATA step views 677
additional output files 680
compared with PROC SQL views 682
compared with stored compiled DATA
step programs 678, 692
creating 677
definition 677
examples 679
merging data for reports 679
passwords and 737
performance 679
restrictions and requirements 678
uses for 678
data transfer services 723
data types 441
Java type set 547
data values 5, 416, 441
database management system (DBMS)
files 6
database management systems (DBMS)
709
DATAPAGESIZE= system option
I/O optimization and 201
DATASETS procedure
creating indexes 658
creating integrity constraints 643
data set lists and 606
date constants 95
date durations 123
date intervals 123
boundaries of 127
by category 124
multi-unit 128
multi-week 129
shifted intervals 130
single-unit 127
syntax 124
date values 111
as recognizable dates 121
calculating 122
formats and 115
informats and 115
integrity of 114
reading 122
tools by task 115
writing 122
year 2000 and 112
year digits 112, 113
datetime constants 95
datetime intervals 123
boundaries of 127
by category 124
multi-unit 128
multi-week 129
shifted intervals 130
single-unit 127
syntax 124
datetime values 112
as recognizable dates and times 121
formats and 115
informats and 115
integrity of 114
tools by task 115
year 2000 and 112
year digits 112, 113
DBLOAD procedure 713
DBMS (database management systems)
709
DBMS files 6
debugging 4, 135
DATA step debugger 154
logic errors 154
declaring
hash iterator object 541
hash objects 529
Java objects 546
default Base SAS engine 750
default data sets 607
descriptor information 5, 414, 602
destination
using ODS 159
device types
Universal Printing 281, 283
DICTIONARY tables 695
performance 698
viewing 696
824 Index
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