Question

I’m having trouble with merging two datasets. I’m using SAS 9.2 and when importing several datasets they get corrupted and I can only open the last imported set.

DATA my_set1;
    SET my_library.my_set1;
    OPTIONS FMTSEARCH = (my_library.labels_my_set1);
RUN;

DATA my_set2;
    SET my_library.my_set2;
    OPTIONS FMTSEARCH = (my_library.labels_my_set2);
RUN;

The labels are set like this:

DATA labels;
    SET formatted;
    LABEL var_1 = 'label1'
          var_2 = 'label2';
RUN;

DATA labels2;
    SET labels;
    PROC FORMAT LIBRARY = my_library.my_set1;
        VALUE missing_num_labels . = 'Missing';
        VALUE $missing_char_labels ' ' = 'Missing';
        VALUE yes_no_labels 0 = 'No'
                1 = 'Yes'
                . = 'Missing';
RUN;

DATA labels2;
    SET labels2;
    OPTIONS FMTSEARCH = (my_library.my_set1);
    FORMAT var_1 yes_no_labels.;
RUN;

I then do the exact same but for my_library.my_set2 instead of my_library.my_set1.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Here’s my solution that worked, as @CarolinaJay65 suggested the OPTIONS is not specific for the dataset.

OPTIONS FMTSEARCH = (my_library.labels_my_set1 my_library.labels_my_set2);

DATA my_set1;
    SET my_library.my_set1;
RUN;

DATA my_set2;
    SET my_library.my_set2;
RUN;