Planning a CA MICS Report Job › 4.6 Plan Any Needed SAS Data Set Creation

4.6 Plan Any Needed SAS Data Set Creation

Any reports produced or analysis performed will be done using
SAS data sets.  In most cases, a new temporary SAS data set
will be created as the basis for the analysis. (The users do
not need to know the name of this data set because the data
set name defaults are determined by the report program, and
the user does not have to code the SAS DATA and SET
statements.)

The most general case would be the creation of a SAS data set
from one or more cycles of a CA MICS file. These data sets
are usually filtered by some selection criteria.

Sometimes you may have to merge data from unlike files.  Some
output formats may require complex file manipulation, like
transposing files, to prepare the data for the desired chart
output.