Split large SAS dataset into smaller datasets

Question

I need some assistance with splitting a large SAS dataset into smaller datasets.

Each month I\'ll have a dataset containing a few million records. This number will

Answer 1

The first result on Google is from the SAS User Group International (SUGI) These folks are your friends.

The article is here: http://www2.sas.com/proceedings/sugi27/p083-27.pdf

The code is:

%macro split(ndsn=2); 
data %do i = 1 %to &ndsn.; dsn&i. %end; ; 
 retain x; 
 set orig nobs=nobs; 
 if _n_ eq 1 
 then do; 
 if mod(nobs,&ndsn.) eq 0 
 then x=int(nobs/&ndsn.); 
 else x=int(nobs/&ndsn.)+1; 
 end; 
 if _n_ le x then output dsn1; 
 %do i = 2 %to &ndsn.; 
 else if _n_ le (&i.*x) 
 then output dsn&i.; 
 %end; 
 run; 
%mend split; 

%split(ndsn=10);

All you need to do is replace the 10 digit in "%split(ndsn=10);" with the number you require. In Line 4, "set orig nobs=nobs;", simply replace orig with your dataset name.

Hey presto!