what are the differences between proc report and proc
tabulate?
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Answer / sandhya
Generally, PROC TABULATE takes a lot of memory space, which
slows down the perfomance. If we are working in one of the
many client machine with one common server, it is suggested
that we use PROC REPORT. PROC TABULATE is an effective
reporting procedure for a large dataset.
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Answer / ravi
Proc Report is used for listing output and ODS destinations
Proc tabulate is an alternative to using Proc report or File Print. Proc Tabulate summarizes value for all observation in a data set and prints the summaries in a table format.
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Answer / kumaraswamy maduri
Proc Report is used to create a customized output from
existing data.
Proc tabulate can even calculate statistics and prints the
data in tabular representation.
The basic difference is proc tabulate can calculate using
few statistics but proc report doesn't. Proc report has to
be used when you want to customize the report.
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