1. MASUG March 10, 2006 at FedEx

2. Agenda Announcements Announcements Tips & Tricks Tips & Tricks Lisa Horwitz from SAS Lisa Horwitz from SAS

3. Announcements Next meeting May 2006 Next meeting May 2006 –Hopefully at the Doubletree on Sanderlin with beverages and snacks (tentative 5-7 pm) –SESUG speaker topic choice SAS training in Memphis SAS training in Memphis –SAS makes go/no go decision 3 weeks before class date so register early! –New location in FedEx Institute of Technology

4. Announcements (cont’d) Volunteers for Planning Committee? Volunteers for Planning Committee? –No experience needed and no compensation provided –No experience needed and no compensation provided SUGI March 26-29 SUGI March 26-29 –Get together at the Kickback Party? SESUG October 8-9 in Atlanta SESUG October 8-9 in Atlanta –Call for Papers closes April 7th

5. Complete Automation of Routine Reports Using Macro Variables Memphis Area SAS Users Group Friday, March 10, 2006 Michael Bates, Risk Analyst First Horizon National Corporation (901) 257-6038 mwbates@firsthorizon.com

6. Goal Submit a routine SAS job, in a open session or in a scheduled queue, with no user input needed Why ? Eliminate user error Easily pass reports on to others

7. Determining Appropriate Time Frame Today’s DateLog %let tdy = %sysfunc(today());1 %let tdy = %sysfunc(today()); %put tdy = &tdy.; 2 %put tdy = &tdy.; tdy = 16862 This YearLog %let mnth = %sysfunc(month(&tdy.));3 %let mnth = %sysfunc(month(&tdy.)); %put mnth = &mnth.;4 %put mnth = &mnth.; mnth = 3 This MonthLog %let yr = %sysfunc(year(&tdy.));5 %let yr = %sysfunc(year(&tdy.)); %put yr = &yr.;6 %put yr = &yr.; yr = 2006 This WeekLog %let wk = %sysfunc(week(&tdy.));7 %let wk = %sysfunc(week(&tdy.)); %put wk = &wk.;8 %put wk = &wk.; wk = 9 Last MonthLog %let l_mnth = %eval(&mnth. - 1);9 %let l_mnth = %eval(&mnth. - 1); %put l_mnth = &l_mnth.;10 %put l_mnth = &l_mnth.; l_mnth = 2

8. Converting Into Date Format Date %let d_date = %sysfunc(mdy(&mnth.,1,&yr.),date9.); %put d_date = &d_date.; –Log 11 %let d_date = %sysfunc(mdy(&mnth.,1,&yr.),date9.); 12 %put d_date = &d_date.; d_date = 01MAR2006 DateTime %let dt_date = %sysfunc(mdy(&mnth.,1,&yr.),date9.):00:00:00; %put dt_date = &dt_date.; –Log 13 %let dt_date = %sysfunc(mdy(&mnth.,1,&yr.),date9.):00:00:00; 14 %put dt_date = &dt_date.; dt_date = 01MAR2006:00:00:00

9. Running a job at a given time Job can't run until 3rd of the month at 2:30pm %let launch1 = %sysfunc(mdy(%sysfunc(month(%eval(&tdy.+30))),3, %sysfunc(year(%eval(&tdy.+30)))),date9.):14:30:00; %put launch1 = &launch1; data _null_; slept = wakeup("&launch1."dt); run; –Log 15 %let launch1 = %sysfunc(mdy(%sysfunc(month(%eval(&tdy.+30))),3, 16 %sysfunc(year(%eval(&tdy.+30)))),date9.):14:30:00; 17 %put launch1 = &launch1; launch1 = 03APR2006:14:30:00 Job can't run until Sunday at 8:00am %let launch2 = %sysfunc(mdy( sysfunc(month(%eval(&tdy. + %eval(((%sysfunc(weekday(&tdy.))) - 8) * -1)))), sysfunc(day(%eval(&tdy. + %eval(((%sysfunc(weekday(&tdy.))) - 8) * -1)))), sysfunc(year(%eval(&tdy. + %eval(((%sysfunc(weekday(&tdy.))) - 8) * -1))))), date9.):08:00:00;; %put launch2 = &launch2; data _null_; slept = wakeup("&launch2."dt); run; –Log 18 %let launch2 = %sysfunc(mdy( 23 %sysfunc(month(%eval(&tdy. + %eval(((%sysfunc(weekday(&tdy.))) - 8) * -1)))), 24 %sysfunc(day(%eval(&tdy. + %eval(((%sysfunc(weekday(&tdy.))) - 8) * -1)))), 25 %sysfunc(year(%eval(&tdy. + %eval(((%sysfunc(weekday(&tdy.))) - 8) * -1))))), 26 date9.):08:00:00; 27 %put launch2 = &launch2; launch2 = 12MAR2006:08:00:00

10. Customizing Output File Names %let mon_yr_nm = %sysfunc(mdy(&mnth.,1,&yr.),monyy5.); %put mon_yr_nm = &mon_yr_nm.; –Log 28 %let mon_yr_nm = %sysfunc(mdy(&mnth.,1,&yr.),monyy5.); 29 %put mon_yr_nm = &mon_yr_nm.; mon_yr_nm = MAR06 DDE Column Or Row Selection %let col = %eval((((&yr. - 2000) * 12) + &mnth.) - 74); %put col = &col.; –Log 30 %let col = %eval((((&yr. - 2000) * 12) + &mnth.) - 74); 31 %put col = &col.; col = 1 DDE Column Or Row Headings %let col_name = %sysfunc(mdy(&mnth.,1,&yr.),monname9.); %put col_name = &col_name.; –Log 32 %let col_name = %sysfunc(mdy(&mnth.,1,&yr.),monname9.); 33 %put col_name = &col_name.; col_name = March

11. Useful Date Functions

12. Useful Date Formats

13. Useful DateTime Formats

14. Lisa Horwitz Systems Engineer Manager for SAS