Processing Generation Data Sets

Overview

Once you have a generation group that contains more than one generation data set, you might want to select a particular data set to process. To select a particular generation, you use the GENNUM= data set option.
General form, GENNUM= data set option:
GENNUM=n
Here is an explanation of the syntax:
n
specifies a particular historical version of a data set:
  • n>0 is an absolute reference to a historical version by its generation number.
  • n<0 is a relative reference to a historical version.
  • n=0 is the current version.

Examples

To print the current version of the data, you do not need to use the GENNUM= option. Simply use code such as the following:
proc print data=year; ...

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