Open a .accdb file in sas enterprise miner - sas

Question

I have to perform data prediction using SAS Enterprise Miner. SAS only has an option to load a SAS table but the problem is i have a database with two tables that i have to use for the prediction. How do i get the two tables from the database into SAS Enterprise Miner.

Answer 1

I have not used Access or Miner in 10 years. However, I would suggest something like:
Does Access have the concept of a view? If so, then create the view in Access and then just use that.
or
Write a stand alone piece of code that pulls the tables from Access and does the join in SAS. I believe you can do this in Miner. If not, just do it in Enterprise Guide and save the table to a location you can pick it up with Miner.
or
Create a SAS view from the Access database that does the join and use that in Miner. Same as above, just save a view instead of a table -- allows you to update the Access database without having to recreate the table.

Answer 2

After looking into this problem I finally decided to use base SAS to read the database and extract the individual tables, save them into a SAS library, in that way they will be saved on the local drive then i could use them in Enterprise Miner.
/*Create a new library to store converted files*/
libname db 'C:\\Users\\Documents\\Data Sources';
/*import the first table from the database into the newly created library*/
proc import out = db.Table1
datatable = 'Table1'
dbms= ACCESS Replace;
database= "C:\\Users\\Documents\\Data Sources\\DBName.mdb";
usedate=yes;
scantime=no;
dbsaslabel=none;
run;
/*import the second table from the database into the newly created library*/
proc import out = db.Table2
datatable = 'Table2'
dbms= ACCESS Replace;
database= "C:\\Users\\Documents\\Data Sources\\DBName.mdb";
usedate=yes;
scantime=no;
dbsaslabel=none;
run;