The IMPORT Wizard

Importing Data

As an alternative to using programming statements, you can use the Import Wizard to guide you through the process of creating a SAS data set from both raw data and from Excel worksheets. The Import Wizard enables you to create a SAS data set from different types of external files, such as
  • dBase files (*.dbf)
  • Excel 2007 (or earlier version) workbooks (*.xls, *.xlsx, *.xlsb, or *.xlsm)
  • Microsoft Access tables (*.mdb, *.accdb)
  • Delimited files (*.*)
  • Comma-separated values (*.csv).
The data sources that are available to you depend on which SAS/ACCESS products you have licensed. If you do not have any SAS/ACCESS products licensed, the only type of data source files available to you are ...

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