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 /*  FILE is called import.sas                                        */
 /*  By: Tim FJ Tolson, User Support, ITC, Univ of VA                 */
 /*    ***** See documentation/explanations below *******      (6/96) */
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TITLE 'Import SAS dataset from a transport dataset' ;
TITLE2 'Transport dataset MUST have been transferred in BINARY mode';

LIBNAME saslib '.';   /* points to current directory */
LIBNAME transp XPORT 'transp.sasport';  /* transport dataset name */
 
PROC COPY IN = transp  OUT=saslib  ;
    /*   Use "SELECT  dataset name;   if have several SAS membernames in  */
                    /* the SAS library and only want to move one      */

PROC CONTENTS data=saslib._all_ ; /* first check datasets */

 /* You need one PROC MEANS DATA = sasdataset ; statement for EACH dataset */
PROC MEANS DATA = saslib.tests  MAXDEC=4 ;  /* "tests" is filename */
PROC MEANS DATA = saslib.sexmean MAXDEC=4 ;

 /*-------------- INTRODUCTION ---------------------------------------*/
 /*                                                                   */
 /*     To run this file, simply type:  sas import                    */
 /*  and press return.  You CANNOT log off while this job is running. */
 /*       When it is complete, the system prompt will return.  You    */
 /*   should look at the file called import.LOG to see that the       */
 /*   job ran correctly.  Then print this file and compare with the   */
 /*   LOG from exporting. The LOG file lists, for each dataset, the   */
 /*   number of observations and variables.  You should ALSO print &  */
 /*   check the import.LST file, which will have the results from     */
 /*   the PROC CONTENTS and PROC MEANS.  Use this file to compare to  */
 /*   to the output from exporting the file on the old computer sys-  */
 /*   tem.                                                            */
 /*                                                                   */
 /*  For help or questions contact the consultant for the computer    */
 /*    on which you're working by calling 924-3731  or sending e-mail */
 /*    to CONSULT@virginia.edu                                        */
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 /* ---------*** EXPLANATIONS/DETAILS ***--------------------------------- */
 /*                                                                        */
 /* The first LIBNAME statement reads all of the SAS datasets from the     */
 /*  default (current)  directory.    The Second LIBNAME statement points  */
 /*  to the directory and FILE that the transport dataset(s) will be       */
 /*  IMPORTED from.                                                        */
 /*   If there are more than one dataset in the transport file than all    */
 /*  the datasets will be written onto the default directory.   If you     */
 /*  only want to read in one dataset, use the SELECT option on the        */
 /*  PROC COPY command.                                                    */
 /*   If there are datasets in other directories, use additional LIBNAME   */
 /*  statements to point to those directories and use additional LIBNAME   */
 /*  statements to point to additional transport files and then issue      */
 /*  additional PROC COPY commands.                                        */
 /*                                                                        */
 /* *** VERIFYING and CHECKING your data for transfer:                     */
 /*    The PROC CONTENTS lists all the information about the dataset.      */
 /*  It gives the number of cases and variables, the variable names, type, */
 /*   any formats, informats, and labels.                                  */
 /*  PROC MEANS gives the Mean, Standard Deviation, Minimum & Maximum      */
 /*   value for each variable in the dataset.                              */
 /*  Use these two pieces of output to compare the new dataset to the data */
 /*  set BEFORE you exported from your old computer system to make sure    */
 /*  the data tranferred correctly.  It's one in 10,000 that it does not,  */
 /*  but you don't want to be the one!                                     */
 /*                                                                        */
 /* -------------------                                   ---------------- */
 /*               **** IMPORTANT TRANSFER INFORMATION ****                 */
 /*  After you created the SAS transport dataset on your old computer, you */
 /*  moved it to a new computer system.  They transfer MUST BE MADE in     */
 /*  BINARY MODE!                                                          */
 /*   If you use FTP, at the FTP prompt, enter the command:   BINARY       */
 /*   If you are using Kermit, use the Kermit command:                     */
 /*    SET FILE TYPE BINARY                 and make sure that KERMIT on   */
 /*    your PC is set to BINARY as well.                                   */
 /*                                                                        */
 /*  Hopefully, when you EXPORTed the dataset, you used PROC MEANS and     */
 /*  CONTENTS to generate the same information generated by this file and  */
 /*  can compare the results to make sure the data transferred correctly.  */
 /* ********************************************************************** */
 /* If you need assistance with SAS please contact the statistical */
 /* consultants at the ITC Research Computing Support Center at    */
 /*         244 Wilson Hall - 243-8000  M-F 9-5 or                 */
 /*            mail res-consult@virginia.edu                       */