how can you sort the dataset having millions of OBS(instead
of sort procedure?

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how can you sort the dataset having millions of OBS(instead of sort procedure?..

Answer / ram

using there TAG SORT. it is more efficient than Sort procedure.

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how can you sort the dataset having millions of OBS(instead of sort procedure?..

Answer / venkatesh

by using proc format u can do sort in eficient wway

but u need to use cntlin for dataset

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how can you sort the dataset having millions of OBS(instead of sort procedure?..

Answer / solasa

Using INDEX option save the cpu time and helps in fast
processing

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how can you sort the dataset having millions of OBS(instead of sort procedure?..

Answer / chandrakanth

proc sql;
create table dataset-name as select * from source-dataset-name group by sorting-variable-name;
quit;

GROUP BY option is for sorting the data.

Please let me know if you have more questions

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