Questions
What is the difference between a macro variable and a macro in SAS?
What do the system options
NONOTES
,NOSTIMER
,NOSOURCE
, andNOSYNTAXCHECK
do?Why is it necessary to build SAS macros in a step-by-step manner? Why not try to compose the perfect macro code from scratch?
Why are conditions added to macros?
What is the advantage of storing macros in separate files than the SAS files that call them?
Imagine you were working at a data warehouse and were told that you would be assigned to design and conduct ETL on some historic datasets that were being added to the warehouse. What would you need to know in order to decide whether or not to develop a macro to load the files?
Imagine you are an analyst at a SAS data warehouse, and you learn that you are being asked to add a new set of data to the warehouse. The dataset consists of responses of small business owners to a survey done by the local chamber of commerce. The chamber does this survey every...