TU17
PROC FORMAT in ACTION
Invited
Jack N. Shoemaker
ThotWave Technologies
Abstract:
The PROC FORMAT subsystem provides an efficient and compact way to store all sorts of facts and data for data-driven applications. This paper will focus on PROC FORMAT in action. That is, building user-defined formats from existing tables and using PROC FO
RMAT in conjunction with other SAS procedures like SUMMARY, FREQ, TABULATE, REPORT, and PRINT. Since these other SAS procedures are format-aware, judicious use of user-defined formats can save hours of coding and result in more robust, data-driven applicat
ions.
Biography:
Jack is a principal consultant at ThotWave Technologies a software development consultancy which specializes in large-scale, web-based information-delivery systems for the energy, health, pharmaceutical, and financial industries. Jack has been using SAS fo
r two decades and is a regular contributor to regional SAS conferences, SUGI and SAS-L.