Date:         Mon, 8 Oct 2001 10:28:55 -0400
Reply-To:     Gerhard Hellriegel <ghellrieg@T-ONLINE.DE>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Gerhard Hellriegel <ghellrieg@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      Re: Automatic calculation of accounts adding ?

On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 02:43:39 -0700, Philippe Montigny
<philippe.montigny@FREE.FR> wrote:

>Hello with all,
>Beginning on SAS (and in English also;-)),  I have a hierarchical
>table of the type :
>Ident  X
>1      .
>11     .
>111    1
>112    1
>113    1
>12     2
>2      .
>21     10
>22     10
>23     1
>.........
>The missing data are adding accounts which I wish to bring up to date
>with the opening of the table, and with each modification of one of
>the accounts of detail.
>How can I carry out this operation under SAS ?
>Thank you by advance!
>Philippe


Hi Philippe,
it's not clear to me, what you want to do:
- what do you mean with "opening of the table"? In SAS there are at least 2
different ones. One with a interactive access with FSP or AF (a explicite
OPEN is made to the table and there is a record oriented access to the
table). The second is a file oriented access with a implicit open with a
DATA step or a PROC.
- what do you mean with "bring up to date"? What should be the contents of
the missing variables after that "update"? What do you expect to change, if
the detail level is changed? Is there a logic to create the X's from the
contents of IDENT?