I created a stored process but I want to export the output to Excel. My usual export statement doesn't work in the stored process.
%let _ODSDEST=none;
%STPBEGIN();
data x;
set sashelp.class;
run;
proc export data=x outfile = "//my documents/sp_test.xlsx" dbms=xlsx replace;
sheet="table1";
run;
* Begin EG generated code (do not edit this line);
;*';*";*/;quit;
%STPEND;
Is there a way to get this to work in the stored process?
One way to have a stored process return an excel file (actually in this case it's an xml file that excel will happily open) is to use ODS to output tagsets.excelxp (xml).
When you do this, you can use stpsrv_header to modify the HTML header. The first statement tells the browser to open the file with excel, the second tells it the file name. I believe for this header modification to work the stored process needs to deliver streaming results, not package results. But I could be wrong.
When I run below, I get a file download dialog box from the browser, allowing me to open or save the file. I'm running from Stored Process Web App, but should work fine when called from Information Delivery Portal.
%let _odsdest=tagsets.excelxp;
%let rc=%sysfunc(stpsrv_header(Content-type,application/vnd.ms-excel));
%let rc=%sysfunc(stpsrv_header(Content-disposition,attachment%str(;) filename=MyExcelFile.xls));
%stpbegin()
proc print data=sashelp.shoes (obs=&obs);
run;
%stpend()
did u check with your spelling proc exportd and outfile='mypath/my documents/myoutpt.xlsx' dbms=xlsx or outfile='mypath/my documents/myoutpt.xls' dbms=xls?? U can try with ODS also.
You can also try setting your STP up as a streaming web service, removing the %STPBEGIN and %STPEND macros, and sending to _webout using this macro: https://core.sasjs.io/mp__streamfile_8sas.html
The benefit of this, is that your code will subsequently work on Viya as well.
Related
I am new to SAS but used to working in python.
In python, I can read an xlsx file from a static Box.com link by calling pandas read excel function on the Box link.
pd.read_excel("https://box.com/shared/static/<url>.xlsx")
I'm hoping to do something similar in SAS. When I try
PROC IMPORT DATAFILE="https://box.com/shared/static/<url>.xlsx"
OUT=WORK.MYEXCEL
DBMS=XLSX
REPLACE;
RUN;
SAS tries to look for a document with the name "https://box.com/shared/static/.xlsx".
When I try
filename xlsxFile http "https://box.com/shared/static/<url>.xlsx";
PROC IMPORT DATAFILE=xlsxFile
OUT=WORK.MYEXCEL
DBMS=XLSX
REPLACE;
RUN;
I get
ERROR: This "filename URL" access method is not supported by "proc import". Please copy the file to local disk before running the
procedure.
Is there an easy way to have SAS access files from this type of URL? I've checked these few threads:
https://communities.sas.com/t5/General-SAS-Programming/import-excel-file-from-the-web/td-p/134158
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/Importing-XLSX-from-URL-Issue/td-p/446758
https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/proc-import-xlsx-from-url/td-p/635834
And it seems like I may need to do some work to get SAS to create a file object from the URL but I don't quite understand how the code is working and when I naively try something similar:
filename xlsxFile http "https://box.com/shared/static/<url>.xlsx";
data file;
n=-1;
infile xlsxFile recfm=s nbyte=n length=len;
input;
file "file_name.xlsx" recfm=n;
put _infile_ $varying32767. len;
run;
PROC IMPORT OUT= input DATAFILE= "file_name.xlsx"
DBMS=xls REPLACE;
SHEET="sheet_name";
GETNAMES=YES;
RUN;
I get the following error:
Spreadsheet isn't from Excel V5 or later. Please open it in Excel and Save as V5 or later
Requested Input File Is Invalid
ERROR: Import unsuccessful. See SAS Log for details.
Any help would be appreciated. The reason I'd like to do it this way is because the files at the static links are updated daily and I want to avoid having to copy files to the SAS server every day. So if this won't work I am also interested in other work arounds that would accomplish the same thing.
I can obviously write a script that will fetch the updated files and write them to the server where SAS can access them as needed, but wanted to see if I could get this to work first.
Using the Box API from within SAS would also be another option if anyone has successfully gotten that to work. As I mentioned I am new to SAS so trying to access the API seemed like it would be too difficult at the moment.
Thank you!
You'll definitely need to download the file. As Tom notes in comments, make sure to check this is really an xlsx file; but assuming it is, some suggestions for dealing with it.
Copying it over by hand like you're doing is doable, and I'll put some code that works at the bottom of the answer, but it's way overkill nowadays - you're probably reading decade-old papers from before the modern day of SAS. In particular, you should use PROC HTTP to GET the file, rather than using the URL directly - it's just much easier that way.
Another possibility is you could use python for this! Regardless of your SAS setup, you can use python to script SAS, or use SAS to run Python, very easily nowadays. SASPy project (on github) for SAS 9, or the SAS SWAT package (also on github I believe) for connecting to SAS Viya, lets you very easily talk back and forth with Python and SAS, even in production - I do it all the time. And on top of that, you can even write SAS user-written functions in python now - so there're a bunch of ways to get your Python into SAS, if you want. I am a SAS (primary) developer, but I use Python for web-related stuff, since it's just better at it. See my paper for more details, or lots of other resources on the subject.
Assuming you just want to import the file and don't want to keep track of the excel file ultimately, you can just read it from a temp filename, which will clean itself up afterwards:
filename _httpin temp;
proc http method="get"
url="https://github.com/snoopy369/SASL/raw/master/Excel%20Precision.xlsx"
out=_httpin;
run;
proc import file=_httpin out=test dbms=xlsx replace;
run;
If you want the excel file saved somewhere (sounds like you don't, but if you do), then instead of temp assign that httpin filename to a real location.
filename _httpin "c:\temp\whatever.xlsx";
If you really want to do that binary file copy business, do it this way:
filename _httpin temp;
filename _httpout "c:\temp\Excel Precision.xlsx";
proc http method="get"
url="https://github.com/snoopy369/SASL/raw/master/Excel%20Precision.xlsx"
out=_httpin;
run;
data _null_;
_in = fopen('_httpin','I',1,'B');
_out= fopen('_httpout','O',1,'B');
rec='20'x;
do while (Fread(_in) eq 0);
rc = fget(_in,rec,1);
rc = fput(_out,rec);
rc = fwrite(_out);
end;
rc = fclose(_in);
rc = fclose(_out);
run;
proc import file=_httpout out=test dbms=xlsx replace;
run;
I sometimes want to add some paragraphs to my output in Enterprise Guide or in a stored process to explain the results.
Last century on mainframe, when I was working on mainframe, I just did that with
data _null_;
set remarks;
file list;
put remark;
run;
I figured out the default html output of SAS EG is called EGHTML, but the following
data _null_;
set remarks;
file EGHTML;
put remark;
run;
gives ERROR: File is in use, G:\Work\_TD13868_VSRVDCF7055_\#LN00104.
Is there a way around?
I am using stored process for running bunch of queries and in that i am creating tables.Code runs perfectly but where the table getting stored,i am not getting it?Since in log it shows no errors. Similarly i used proc univariate, result's are displaying but where that result getting stored?I am using using local work space library to store.
As you said, your results are stored in work library. If you want to know where it is, you can see the path by running this code:
%put %sysfunc(getoption(work));
Keep in mind that work library reference is temporary and only relevant to your current session. Also, all datasets are temporary and they get wiped at the end of your SAS session.
For proc univariate, you have to specify OUT= option and point where you want your summary statistics to be saved. If the report that you are after, use ODS destinations to save it to a permanent location.
Regards,
Vasilij
To find the path being used by a libname (in this case the work libname), use this code:
%put %sysfunc(pathname(work));
For any output, it depends on your system setup, how SAS is started, etc... Your output does not necessarily go to the same folder as your work libname uses.
I would use this code in windows:
filename x pipe 'echo %cd%'; * WINDOWS COMMAND TO RETURN CURRENT WORKING DIRECTORY;
data _null_;
infile x;
input;
put _infile_;
run;
In *nix, change the filename statement to:
filename x pipe 'pwd'; * UNIX/LINUX COMMAND TO RETURN CURRENT WORKING DIRECTORY;
Or, as Vasilij suggested, use the OUT= option of the ODS statement.
I'm trying to use a Macro that retrieves a single value from a CSV file. I've written a MACRO that works perfectly fine if there is only 1 CSV file, but does not deliver the expected results when I have to run it against more than one file. If there is more than one file it returns the value of the last file in each iteration.
%macro reporting_import( full_file_route );
%PUT The Source file route is: &full_file_route;
%PUT ##############################################################;
PROC IMPORT datafile = "&full_file_route"
out = file_indicator_tmp
dbms = csv
replace;
datarow = 3;
RUN;
data file_indicator_tmp (KEEP= lbl);
set file_indicator_tmp;
if _N_ = 1;
lbl = "_410 - ACCOUNTS"n;
run;
proc sql noprint ;
select lbl
into :file_indicator
from file_indicator_tmp;
quit;
%PUT The Source Reporting period states: &file_indicator;
%PUT ##############################################################;
%mend;
This is where I execute the Macro. Each excel file's full route exists as a seperate record in a dataset called "HELPERS.RAW_WAITLIST".
data _NULL_;
set HELPERS.RAW_WAITLIST;
call execute('%reporting_import('||filename||')');
run;
In the one example I just ran, The one file contains 01-JUN-2015 and the other 02-JUN-2015. But what the code returns in the LOG file is:
The Source file route is: <route...>\FOO1.csv
##############################################################
The Source Reporting period states: Reporting Date:02-JUN-2015
##############################################################
The Source file route is: <route...>\FOO2.csv
##############################################################
The Source Reporting period states: Reporting Date:02-JUN-2015
##############################################################
Does anybody understand why this is happening? Or is there perhaps a better way to solve this?
UPDATE:
If I remove the code from the MACRO and run it manually for each input file, It works perfectly. So it must have something to do with the MACRO overwriting values.
CALL EXECUTE has tricky timing issues. When it invokes a macro, if that macro generates macro variables from data set variables, it's a good idea to wrap the macro call in %NRSTR(). That way call execute generates the macro call, but doesn't actually execute the macro. So try changing your call execute statement to:
call execute('%nrstr(%%)reporting_import('||filename||')');
I posted a much longer explanation here.
I'm not too clear on the connections between your files. But instead of importing the CSV files and then searching for your string, couldn't you use a pipe command to save the results of a grep search on your CSV files to a dataset and then read just in the results?
Update:
I tried replicating your issue locally and it works for me if I set file_indicator with a call symput as below instead of your into :file_indicator:
data file_indicator_tmp (KEEP= lbl);
set file_indicator_tmp;
if _N_ = 1;
lbl = "_410 - ACCOUNTS"n;
data _null_ ;
set file_indicator_tmp ;
if _n_=1 then call symput('file_indicator',lbl) ;
run;
I am trying to write a code using dde in sas which would generalise my cells in excel that is previously formatted to number with 2 decimal places. I don't get any error message in the log but my excel sheet is overwritten with the code that is in the put statement that is RANGE("A1:A3").NumberFormat="General" instead of applying the format to it. I am not sure where I am going wrong. Could someone please help?
Here is my sample code,
NOTE: The Excel engine is opened before I run this code
filename ddeopen dde "EXCEL|System";
options noxwait noxsync;
data _null_;
x=sleep(3);
run;
/* Opens the desired file in Excel*/
DATA _null_;
file ddeopen;
PUT "[OPEN(%bquote("C:\Documents and Settings\S\Desktop\test1.xls"))]";
x=sleep(3);
run;
/* Format the cells to general in the opened Excel sheet*/
filename ddeopen dde "EXCEL|Sheet1!r1c1:r3c1";
data _null_;
file ddeopen;
x=sleep(3);
PUT "[%bquote(RANGE("A1:A3").NumberFormat="General")]";
RUN;
Many Thanks
Simi
I think you need to select your range first using the 'R1:C1' style like so:
put ‘[select("r1c2:r100c2")]’;
Then you can format that selection with the following command:
put '[Format.Number("General")]';
This should then uses the 'General' formatting style for the cells before you export your data.