How to reshape data long to wide using proc transpose. Jmp is sometimes packaged with sas and can work with other sas products, but most often its used by researchers, engineers, and qualitycontrol experts who want advanced analytics without a big software footprint. Macro to transpose and copy data to output sheet solved. May 19, 2017 the hard part is converting from pdf which is just a picture, could just as easily be of a cat as it is of sheet music to something that musescore can recognize as music, like musicxml. In this section we will detail all of the features of the proc transpose. If applied to a traditional dataset, this would make it so that there was one row per variable, and one column per subject. Hello, i was wondering when doing a proc transpose, i want to keep one variable just as it was. Transposing data sets the transpose procedure is used to transpose data sets from one form to another. If you do not use the notsorted option in the by statement, then either the observations must be sorted by all the variables that you specify, or they must be indexed appropriately. Type is the by variable, and sold, notsold, repaired, and junked are the variables to transpose.
In sas, i have a data set similar to the one below. When you use a fileref to specify a delimited file to import, the. Proc transpose can transpose both numeric and character data, but the result is not easy to read. How to reshape data long to wide using proc transpose sas.
Proc transpose rearranges columns and rows of sas datasets, but its documentation and behavior. Unfortunately, since the first idnum is missing one months data, proc transpose will create a file that has the. Sometimes you need to reshape your data which is in a long format shown below famid year faminc 1 96 40000 1 97 40500 1 98 4 2 96 45000 2 97 45400 2 98 45800 3 96 75000 3 97 76000 3 98 77000. The transpose procedure can transpose variables and observations, or transpose variables and observations within by groups. The simplest possible case of transposing switches the rows and columns of a matrix. If outputdataset does not exist, proc transpose creates it using the datan naming convention. Row 5 is the details which needs to be transposed and copied against each names. Proc transpose provides the ability to go from a long dataset where there are multiple rows for a given subject. Below is an example of using sas proc transpose to reshape the data from a long to a wide format.
For more information, see support for the varchar data type. Unleash the power of the report procedure with the ods. This destination is an extremely easy and handy tool for producing ad hoc as well as production excel reports. For example, consider the following 2x3 matrix 2 rows, 3 columns. How to quickly transpose data in excel stepbystep guide. The out keyword says that the transposed dataset should be created as a new dataset called newdatasetname.
The hard part is converting from pdf which is just a picture, could just as easily be of a cat as it is of sheet music to something that musescore can recognize as music, like musicxml. This section discusses some applications of the transpose procedure relevant to time series data sets. Transpose excel data from rows to columns, or vice versa. Run proc transpose just once as above, and use a more complex data step to recombine the results, or run proc transpose twice, and merge the results. Proc transpose statements and options users used, and the way in which proc transpose works them together to construct the output data set. How to paste transposed and keep formula reference in excel. Transpose reorients the content of copied cells when pasting. The syntax for the proc tranpose is somewhat misunderstood amongst sas users.
The first tab is the summary tab and the 3rd tab is the plate tab. Therefore, scanned sheet music cannot be managed by pdftomusic pro. An introduction to the sas system uc berkeley statistics. Proc transpose is a powerful yet underutilized proc in the base sas toolset. The values in row 5 are in column g, and the values in row 6 are in column h.
It contains three sample sas input files, a set of basic. To understand the workings of proc transpose, consider a data. Data importing a specific sheet example there will be times where you only want to import a specific sheet from an excel file with multiple sheets. Instead, for each by group, proc transpose creates one observation for each variable that it transposes. To insert the transpose function, execute the following steps. Transpose in excel 1 select the data you want to transpose and press ctrlc 2 go to where you want to put the data 3 go to paste special ctrlaltv, check transpose, then ok dssotr 1 2 3.
How to transpose columns and rows in microsoft excel. The proc transpose statement tells sas to execute the transpose procedure on an existing dataset called datasetname. In order to transpose both numeric and character, you must list all variables to be transposed on the var statement. There is a summary sheet at the end of the paper as well for later reference. The univariate procedure provides additional statistics. If youd like to download the sample dataset to work through the examples, choose one of the files below.
I am working in a range of cells that go up and down on the summary tab and i need to fill them with the values from the plate tab that goes side to side or across. If you do not use the notsorted option in the by statement, then either the observations must be sorted by all the variables that you. Transposing data using proc transpose sas tutorials. For common input files, this paper will show a variety of desired output files, plus code and explanations. Jmp is a standalone, highly visual analytics product. This will close the power editor window and create a new sheet that contains the transposed data. Figure 6 simple transpose initial excel spreadsheet. Proc transpose free download as powerpoint presentation. Proc transpose computer programming areas of computer. To perform a multicriteria lookup and transpose results into a table, you can use an array formula based on index and match. Proc transpose provides the ability to go from a long dataset where there are multiple rows for a given subject to a wide dataset where there are multiple columns for a subject. Select the empty cells where you want to paste the transposed data. Transposing statistics from proc means sas support.
Experimenting with ods excel to create spreadsheets from. The original sas data set must be sorted or indexed prior to using a by statement with proc transpose unless you use the notsorted option. If you do not include a var statement, the procedure will transpose all numeric variables that are. Use the paste special transpose option to switch rows to columns or columns to rows in excel. Proc transpose was designed to either make a long file wide, or a wide file long. Proc transpose variations, and their output results. It runs on microsoft windows, apple macintosh, or linuxbased computers. Associates a format, informat, label, andor length with one or more variables cards or cards4 datalines or datalines4 indicates that data lines follow suffix of 4 if data has. This statement lists the actual data that needs to be transposed.
Suppose you have obtained the data presented below from a multicenter study, where each patient is identified by the means of the two variables centre and subjectno. Proc means with the stackodsoutput option produces many statistics. You decide you want to convert those columns into rows. The transpose procedure 4 by statement 1273 default. This would now make the first row of the transposed data as headers. The proc transpose can save time and complexity once it is properly explained. You can transpose the cells first in a new sheet, and then apply a formula to concatenate them. As such, with proc transpose, we first have to use the procedure to transform the wide file into a longer file, and then use proc transpose, again, to transform the longer file into the ultimately desired width. This procedure transforms the data from rows to columns or from columns to rows.
This paper presents an easy beforeandafter approach to learning proc transpose. It is probably a little unorthodox when compared with other procedures that analysts use. Sas cheat sheet for stat342 carl james schwarz april 9, 2016. Proc transpose rearranges columns and rows of sas datasets, but its documentation and behavior can be difficult to comprehend.
We will then explore proc transpose in increasing complexity as we test some of the many. Obs centre subjectno gender visit sbp wt 1 1 1 female a 121. Example 2 on page 1280 out outputdataset names the output data set. Transposing this matrix would turn it into a 3x2 matrix 3 rows, 2.
In order to achieve this i created macro with proc report which gets exported to excel using odstagsets. Proc print display data table at nodes output port. The import facility mentioned above can attempt this, as can other third party programs, but as mentioned, results are highly variable. Data in rows is pasted into columns and vice versa. Click on a new location in your sheet, then go to edit paste special and select the transpose check box, as shown in figure b. Transpose rotate data from rows to columns or vice versa. Thus, if we run the following simple proc transpose step.
A new ods destination for creating microsoft excel workbooks is available with sas 9. Lets say youve entered column headers for your spreadsheet. It contains three sample sas input files, a set of basic proc transpose variations, and their output results. I need a macro which should transpose and copy the values against the names in col d. Click replace all, a dialog pops out to remind you the number of replacements. Some complex data transpositions involve multitasks of proc transpose and the syntax is sort of puzzling to some users. Click ok, and excel will transpose the column and row labels and. Structuring the data for a merge university of maryland. Proc transpose doesnt have all of the capabilities of proc transpose as it was designed for just one purpose. The by statement is used to determine the row structure of the transposed dataset. Ctarget2 for the merge is to use the sort procedure to sort the data set by year and month as shown in the following program.
When i transpose this dataset it creates a dataset with 2. By default, the import procedure reads delimited files as varying recordlength files. That is, either put all of the variables on one record for each by variable, or create one record for every combination of the by variable, the id variable, any variables to be copied, and only one of the tobetransposed var. Because it only processes pdf files that have been exported from a score editor software, pdftomusic pro offers a unique reliability and outstanding results. A transposed variable is a variable the procedure creates by transposing the values of an observation in the input data set into values of a variable in the output data set. If your external file has a fixedlength format, use a sas data step with an infile statement that includes the recfmf and lrecl options.
However, there are a few descriptive statistics that are not available in proc means. Unleash the power of the report procedure with the ods excel. Wright, educational testing service, princeton, nj abstract this introduction to proc tabulate first looks at the basic syntax of proc tabulate and then, using a series of examples, shows how to produce one, two and three dimensional tables. While proc transpose can also create the more desirable form, it cannot do so in one step. How to transpose and concatenate cells into one column. To print the output data set from the proc transpose step, use proc print, proc report, or another sas reporting tool. To create transposed variable, the procedure transposes the values of an observation in the input data set into values of a variable in the output data set. Transpose procedure 1512 chapter 62 the trantab procedure 1525 information about the trantab procedure 1525. Transpose of a datasets where var has multiple occurances for idby parameters. Sas cheat sheet for stat342 carl james schwarz april 9, 2016 1 reading data. Proc transpose computer programming areas of computer science. To transpose and keep reference in excel, you can apply the find and replace function 1. If you use proc univariate, then you can use the outtable option to generate 46 different descriptive statistics. Q1 q2 q3 q4 a 1 2 3 4 b 1 2 3 4 c 1 2 3 d 1 2 e 1 2 3 4 i have data like above and would like to import and reshape the data into what it looks like.
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