Did you mean:. All forum topics Previous Next. How to get all the list of all files as a dataset from particular folder? Posted PM views. Hi Team, I want to create dataset with list of all files names present in that data set and there format. Regards, Ganesh K. Re: How to get all the list of all files as a dataset from particular folder? Posted PM views In reply to Ganeshk. Hi ganeshk You can use this macro. Hi Jensen, I didn't get proper output, below is the output which i got. Thanks, Ganesh K.
You can have SAS call this code directly and save a lot of writing. Windows - sorry for not specifying — ldan. Do you even need to extract the files in advance? Show 3 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.
Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. To view the SAS log showing the execution of the sample program, click the Results tab. The names are:. The first DATA step is used to get the directory information to create a data set that contains each full pathname of all the files with a. A variable called COUNT is created to increment each time an observation is read to keep track of how many files there are.
The last macro variable is created after all observations of the path and names have been read in order to place the total count of files that will be read into a macro variable called MAX. The macro is created so that a separate DATA step is run for each file to be read from the directory. Thanks again! Diego, you can pass parameters by using macro variables. Our Aim is to schedule the. Alternatives: you could use other shell script technologies to copy files between platforms, or use shared network locations to reference files in a place visible to both the PC and the server.
We are using plugin successfully. But want to know the backend sas code of the plugin. Is it possible? Pradeep - I'm glad it's working for you. You can't change them directly from this task, but your SAS admin can control the default permissions via a umask.
Thank you very much Chris. We'll do some testing. I understand that changes according to the note, will affect on the whole session , not just the copy-files functionality.
I have downloaded the add in and it works great. I was wondering if there is a way of automating it. I created a task using Copy Files and linked it to a program in the process flow. When I run the program, it doesn't pick up the Copy files task to import the files from Windows.
It works when I run it manually. This is new to me and I'm not sure what I'm missing here. Apologies if that's a repeated question. You can use the Ordered List tool to create a sequence of tasks that you want to run in a predefined order. And these tasks can be placed across any of your process flows. I placed the file "SAS. If not, then you might need to still perform the Unblock step. Hi Chris your job is awesome and useful, but i have some questions: 1 How does this task interact between two sessions one remote and one local?
I see that macrovars can be used when defined in a program running on the remote session, but if i define a macrovar in a local sessione, then the copy task doesn't resolve them. The task resolves the macro variables only on one SAS session -- the one that is either the source or destination for the files you're copying. That is, the server that's selected in the task.
Currently the workaround is to use multiple Copy Files tasks. You can use a task template to make this easier. Once again using this in yet another EG project. One of the single most useful Custom tasks ever. Please keep making me look good. I have a process flow that utilizes the copy files task to move an excel document created via proc export from the SAS server to a local server. I have found that if the proc export excel file exceeds a certain size, the copy files task loses the locations of the source and destination paths.
It starts out knowing the source files to copy and where the destination folder is on the local drive, but once the process flow runs and the copy files task errors out, both of these prepopulated paths are blank. Is there a limit to the size of a document that can be copied over?
Is there a way to get around this? Meghan, there isn't a size limit that I've hit. Hi Chris, thanks for the great tool. I have a question about the destination folder field. I am using SAS EG on a Citrix server, and I'm not sure the proper format in which to put a pathway into this filed so that any files that I upload through the tool are accessible in the general SAS workspace.
How do I go about generating a destination folder? That really depends on the file system of your workspace server. If you want to make the files available just for the current session, you can place them in your WORK folder. Use this as the destination value and check the "Resolve macro variables" checkbox:. My question is how do you compare two datasets in two different unix data server using Proc Datasets or Proc Compare.
Did you successfully assign the remote libname? Thanks a lot for all the help you do to everyone of us. I have written a sas script for sFTP upload using x command in sas. Its workingperfectly fine in sas 9. So my questions are. Hi Chris thanks for reply. I am able to use x command for folder creation in EG, then why cant I use X command to execute Putty command.
Below is the code which I am using. SAS has to decode that, and I'm not sure that this will happen with the X command. But When I run same code in sas 9. No error messege. Please help me, what is that preventing it to execute in sas EG? I don't know if that's what is happening here. Also, with a remote Windows, there might be a security interaction with network operations. This copy file task works for only one folder at a time.
I have 20 folders and in each of those 20 folders there are 30 different files, so what should I do in that case , do I have to run copy files task 20 times. Is there a solution for this problem, if there is any please let me know. You're correct. The Copy Files task can read from and write to only one folder. It's a limitation that keeps the task design simple It would look like this.
Check the table-of-contents with section links in the video description to navigate the video to the parts you need. Have a look and see if helps generate some ideas for you.
I have used copy files task but is there a general way where we can straight away import using proc import and we don't have to do any copy files task. As this task is beneficial when the files are in same folder but what if files are in different folder. Is there a way where we can map a network drive and we can import any files from that drive. The answer is probably No. For example, on a mapped drive in your Windows setup that can also be accessed from your machine that's running SAS.
Can copy files task be executed through a code. Or Let's say we have process flow in which first thing is copy files task and then some program and we want to execute the whole process flow through the code.
So is there any way where we can execute a whole process flow so that it imports the file and then run the program without any manual intervention. The task runs within EG so if you run an entire process flow with the Copy Files task at the start, you're covered. But if the goal is create a batch SAS program that runs "unattended" without EG in the mix, you need another way to copy those files from place to place.
If right click them will it do the copy files task basically import the files and then run the program and so on so that within a single click the work is done. Yes, that's right. I have a question. If that column exist then do some operations and if not exist then do some operations. I tried to look into internet but did not found anything that would always work. I found some snippet but it did work everytime. Yes, there are some helpful macros you can use. See this tip from the SAS community.
Can similar thing be done in Process flow so that if I want to loop the process flow I just need to call it and loop it. Hi Aayush, no that's not supported. Hi, I used Copy file successfully, and then replicate it on other query and table returns blank on all the columns except the first column. Column headers are all ok. Compared the column properties with a real file that i just manually brought into the query, they are exactly the same but why the columns return all blank except for the first column?
Does copy file changes the attribute of the data? No, Copy Files performs a straight binary copy. Is it the limitation of the task or my environment's setup? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. How to copy files in bulk The Copy Files task supports two features that allow you to copy multiple files with a single step.
Bruno on December 7, am. Early Christmas, thank you for this great tool Chris Reply. Bob Duell on December 22, am. This is a great enhancement, solving a big "usability" problem. Jacob Keng on December 25, am. Chris Hemedinger on December 28, pm. Jacob Keng on January 2, am. Chris Hemedinger on January 2, am. Jacob, Are you referring to the 4. Jacob Keng on January 7, am. Chris Hemedinger on January 7, am. Jacob, I understand the problem Jacob Keng on January 7, pm.
Chris Hemedinger on January 7, pm. Jacob Keng on January 9, pm. Jacob Keng on January 18, am. How Strange! Chris Hemedinger on January 18, am. Glad to hear that it's working for you. Eren on January 4, am. This is an elegant tool!
Thank You Chris. Roberto Lopez on January 23, pm. Do you think you can provide some insight? Chris Hemedinger on January 23, pm. Roberto Lopez on January 24, am. That worked!! Have to buy your book now :D! Tony on January 23, pm. Tom on February 12, pm. Chris, Thanks for this! Chris Hemedinger on February 12, pm. Tom on February 22, pm. Overall, fabulous task! Chris Hemedinger on February 22, pm.
Tom, by chance, did you re-download the file from support. Rune on March 18, pm. Hope you have some suggestions because I really need the Add-In feature :- Reply. Chris Hemedinger on March 19, am. Rune on March 21, am. Chris Hemedinger on March 21, am. Prashant on April 17, am. Chris Hemedinger on April 17, am. Prashant, Sorry, I don't have a 4. Jeremy J Griffith on May 17, am.
Amey A Kokane on May 21, pm. Chris Hemedinger on May 21, pm. Amey, Do you have the most recent version of the task? Amey Kokane on May 23, am. Chris Hemedinger on May 23, am. Brian on June 7, pm. Chris Hemedinger on June 9, pm. Todd Gerber on June 11, am. Hi Chris, I'm also having trouble registering the Add-in. Chris Hemedinger on June 11, am.
Todd, It might be that you don't have the "unblock" permissions necessary -- your error message is definitely consistent with the "blocked DLL" situation. Todd Gerber on June 18, am. Hi Chris, Thanks for your help.
Chris Hemedinger on June 18, pm. Brendan Heavey on June 26, pm. Chris Hemedinger on June 26, pm. Randy Spell on July 1, am. Chris Hemedinger on July 1, pm. Randy Spell on July 10, pm. Got it to work, thanks. Tiho on July 9, am. Hi Chris, this works great, just have a little problem.
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