Personally, I prefer the IMPORT Wizard to PROC IMPORT due to its user-friendly interface and flexibility. If you have simple data, read them using INFILE and DATALINES otherwise, use PROC IMPORT. PROC IMPORT reads ASCII text files, database ( ACCESS, dBASE), and spreadsheet (Lotus 1-2-3, Excel). INFILE and DATALINES also read data in a matrix form.

The INFILE statement reads data directly using the DATALINES (CARDS) statement, imports various ASCII text files, and imports data sets through network (i.e., FTP and HTTP). INFILE should be used in a DATA step, while PROC IMPORT and PROC EXPORT are independent procedures.

You may use the PUT statement in a Data Step or PROC EXPORT to export data sets into external files. In general, SAS reads data using the INFILE statement and PROC IMPORT. In SAS, there are various data sources as shown in the following figure. Otherwise, you have to add ' noterminal' to a command (e.g., ' sas -noterminal file_name.sas').

Repeat the previous step for each column in the user point database format.In UNIX, PROC IMPORT and PROC EXPORT must be executed under the X window.

Specify other parameters as needed, and click OK.

In the Point File Formats - Select Column Name dialog box, select a column name from the Column Name list.

Click a column name heading that is labeled.

Optionally, specify a coordinate zone transform.

Click Load to load the Microsoft® Access file that you want the new format to match, so that you can refer to it as you create the format.

In the User Point Database Format dialog box, specify a name for the format.

In the Point File Formats - Select Format Type dialog box, click User Point Database and click OK.

In Toolspace, on the Settings tab, right-click the Point File Formats New.

If the file has multiple tables, you specify the name of the table from which you want to import data or to which you want to export data.Īs you create a point database format, you can view a sample point database for reference. mdb file and the order in which it is included. When you create a user point database format, you specify both the information included in the. Create a user point database format for importing or exporting.

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