PROC TRANSPOSE    

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Alternative to Proc Transpose (Paper)


Whether you want to switch records to variables or vairables to records, PROC TRANSPOSE can handle it all.  In general, three types of variables can be applied - BY variables, NEW_VARIABLE_NAME content variable, and RESULT variables.  Use the PREFIX option to add prefix to variable names.  Remember to sort the dataset first.  See Alternative to Proc Transpose training session.

 

 BY

BY 

FROM RECORDS 

 VAR

# 

 STATE

 CITY

 SEASON

TEMP 

 1

 SC

 Greenville

 Summer

 80

 2

 SC

 Greenville

 Winter

 60

 

 BY

BY 

 TO VARIABLES

VAR 

VAR 

 #

 STATE

CITY 

 

 SUMMER

WINTER 

 1

 SC

 Greenville

 

 80

 60

1. Convert records to variables - one variable into multiple variable.  New variable names are in the ID variable.

PROC TRANSPOSE DATA=TEST OUT=TRANS_DS (DROP = _NAME_ _LABEL_);

  BY STATE CITY;

  ID SEASON;

  VAR TEMP;

RUN;

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BY

BY

FROM VARIABLES

VAR

VAR

#

STATE

CITY

SUMMER

WINTER

1

SC

Greenville

80

60

BY

BY

TO RECORDS

VAR

#

STATE

CITY

_NAME_/_LABEL

COL1

1

SC

Greenville

Summer

80

2

SC

Greenville

Winter

60

2. Convert variables to records - multiple variables into one variable. _NAME_ is the original variable name and _LABEL_ is the original variable label.  These variables are to be used to subset the final dataset.  Generally, the next steps are to rename _NAME_ or _LABEL_ and the COL1 to more meaningful names.  Note that the order of the final dataset is based on the order of the variables in the BY statement.

PROC TRANSPOSE DATA=TEST OUT=TRANS_DS;

 BY STATE CITY;

 VAR SUMMER WINTER;

RUN;


 PROC TRANSPOSE Tips

 Best not to assign numeric ID variable

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Animated Guide Proc Transpose, Russ Lavery

Beginner Paper Learn the Basics of Proc Transpose, Douglas Zirbel

The Proc Transpose Cookbook, Douglas Zirbel [Double Transpose]


Advance Paper Some Uses (And Handy Abuses) of Proc Transpose, Ralph Leighton

SAS® Reference PROC TRANSPOSE Syntax

SAS Tip Double PROC TRANSPOSE method for reshaping your data set with multiple BY variables


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1. Changing the Shape of Your Data: PROC TRANSPOSE vs. Arrays, Bob Virgile

2. An Introduction to Reshaping (TRANSPOSE) and Combining (MATCH-MERGE) SAS® Data Sets,
Mike Zdeb

3. An Alternative Method of Transposing Data without the Transpose Procedure, Sunil Gupta

4. Visualizing PROC TRANSPOSE, Daniel Boisvert, Shafi Chowdhury

5. Simplifying Effective Data Transformation Via PROC TRANSPOSE, Arthur Li [Copy]

6. A Better Way to Flip (Transpose) a SAS® Dataset, Arthur S. Tabachneck, Xia Ke Shan, Robert Virgile,Joe Whitehurst  [Copy]

7. Taming the PROC TRANSPOSE, Matt Taylor

8. A Row Is a Row Is a Row, or Is It? A Hands-On Guide to Transposing Data, Christianna Williams [HOW]

9. The TRANPOSE Procedure or How to Turn It Around, Janet Stuelpner

10. Horizontal Data Sorting and Insightful Reporting: A Useful SAS® Technique, Justin Jia, Amanda Lin

11. Five Ways to Flip-Flop Your Data, Joshua M. Horstman [Multiple Variables, Double Transpose]


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