Setting Options for the SAS Source Node

This feature is available in SPSS® Modeler Professional and SPSS Modeler Premium.

Import. Select which type of SAS file to transport. You can choose SAS for Windows/OS2 (.sd2), SAS for UNIX (.SSD), SAS Transport File (.tpt), or SAS Version 7/8/9 (.sas7bdat).

Import file. Specify the name of the file. You can enter a filename or click the ellipsis button (...) to browse to the file's location.

Member. Select a member to import from the SAS transport file selected above. You can enter a member name or click Select to browse through all members in the file.

Read user formats from a SAS data file. Select to read user formats. SAS files store data and data formats (such as variable labels) in different files. Most often, you will want to import the formats as well. If you have a large dataset, however, you may want to deselect this option to save memory.

Format file. If a format file is required, this text box is activated. You can enter a filename or click the ellipsis button (...) to browse to the file's location.

Variable names. Select a method of handling variable names and labels upon import from a SAS file. Metadata that you choose to include here persists throughout your work in IBM® SPSS Modeler and may be exported again for use in SAS.

• Read names and labels. Select to read both variable names and labels into IBM SPSS Modeler. By default, this option is selected and variable names are displayed in the Type node. Labels may be displayed in the Expression Builder, charts, model browsers, and other types of output, depending on the options specified in the stream properties dialog box.
• Read labels as names. Select to read the descriptive variable labels from the SAS file rather than the short field names and use these labels as variable names in IBM SPSS Modeler.