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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition
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SAS 9.4 Language Reference, Second Edition

by SAS Institute
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
824 pages
24h 21m
English
SAS Institute
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Understanding Generation Data Sets
Definition of Generation Data Set
A generation data set is an archived version of a SAS data set that is stored as part of a
generation group. A generation data set is created each time the file is replaced. Each
generation data set in a generation group has the same root member name, but each has a
different version number. The most recent version of the generation data set is called the
base version.
You can request generations for a SAS data file only. You cannot request generations for
a SAS view.
Note: Generation data sets provide historical versions of a data set; they do not track
observation updates for ...
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