Getting Familiar with SAS ® Version 8.2 and 9.0 Enhancements
: Introduced the ability to directly read and write Microsoft Excel and Access files from UNIX platforms using the PCFILES libname engine. Sas Version 9.0
The benefits of SAS Version 9.0 are numerous, and can be summarized as follows: Getting Familiar with SAS ® Version 8
: Added relational database entry functions, audit trails for tracking updates, and generation data sets for backing up data. audit trails for tracking updates
New informats like ANYDTDTE. were added to read dates even when the format varied within the same variable.
This made the SAS programmer suddenly competitive with dedicated reporting tools. A single PROC FREQ could now output a polished, corporate-branded PDF without post-processing.