Table To SAS (Conversion)

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Summary

Converts a table to a SAS dataset.

Usage

  • This tool supports connection to SAS Desktop installed on a local computer or connection to SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS). If you're using CAS, the order of the records may change during conversion.

  • The Custom Session Configuration File parameter must be used for remote deployments of SAS, such as Workspace Server, UNIX, and Mainframe. If SAS is installed on the same machine as ArcGIS Pro, the configuration file is not required.

    Learn more about SAS session configurations

  • Provide the SAS dataset in the form libref.tablename in which libref is the name of a SAS or CAS library and tablename is the name of the SAS dataset. For example, SASUSER.MYTABLE references a SAS dataset named MYTABLE in the SASUSER library.

  • SAS libraries, dataset names, and column names are not case sensitive. For example, SASUSER.MYTABLE is treated the same as sasuser.mytable and SASUser.MyTable.

  • The number of records that can be converted depends on the available memory of your computer.

  • For a local SAS deployment, the SASUSER, SASHELP, MAPS, MAPSSAS, and MAPSGFK libraries are available by default. To use a custom library, the libref must be defined in your SAS Autoexec file.

    Learn more about Autoexec configurations

  • The WORK library is a temporary workspace that is created when a SAS session starts, and all files are deleted when the session closes. This tool starts and closes a new SAS session during execution, so you should not use the WORK library in this tool.

Parameters

LabelExplanationData Type
Input Table

The input table.

Table View
Output SAS Dataset (libref.tablename)

The output SAS dataset. Provide the dataset in the form libref.table in which libref is the name of a SAS library and table is the name of the SAS table.

String
Replace SAS Dataset
(Optional)

Specifies whether an existing SAS dataset will be overwritten by the output.

  • Checked—The output SAS dataset will be overwritten.
  • Unchecked—The output SAS dataset will not be overwritten. This is the default.

Boolean
Use Domain and Subtype Descriptions
(Optional)

Specifies whether domain and subtype descriptions will be included in the output SAS dataset.

  • Checked—Domain and subtype descriptions will be included in the output SAS dataset.
  • Unchecked—Domain and subtype descriptions will not be included in the output SAS dataset. This is the default.

Boolean
Upload SAS Dataset to SAS Cloud Analytic Services (CAS)
(Optional)

Specifies whether the output SAS dataset will be uploaded to CAS or saved in a local SAS library.

  • Checked—The output SAS dataset will be uploaded to CAS.
  • Unchecked—The output SAS dataset will be saved in a local SAS library. This is the default.

Boolean
CAS Hostname URL
(Optional)

The URL of the CAS host.

String
Port
(Optional)

The port of the CAS connection.

Long
CAS Username
(Optional)

The username for the CAS connection.

String
Password
(Optional)

The password for the CAS connection. This password is hidden and not accessible after running the tool.

String Hidden
Custom Session Configuration File
(Optional)

The file specifying custom configurations for the SAS session. The file is only required for customized local or remote SAS deployments.

File

Environments

This tool does not use any geoprocessing environments.

Licensing information

  • Basic: Yes
  • Standard: Yes
  • Advanced: Yes

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