The SASEFRED Interface Engine
- Overview
- Getting Started
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Details
Available Sources That Provide FRED Time Series DataFRED API KeyAvailable Releases for Each Source That Provides FRED Time Series DataAvailable Time Series for Each Release IDAvailable Native Frequency for Each Series IDVintage Dates for Each Series IDSAS Output Data SetSAS OUTXML FileSAS XML Map FileReading Price Data by Using Indices -
Syntax
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ExamplesRetrieving Data for Multiple Time SeriesRetrieving Data by Using the Vintage DateSelecting Time Series When Native Frequency Is Less Than Requested FrequencySelecting Time Series When Native Frequency Is Greater Than Requested FrequencySpecifying One Series ID with Multiple Vintage Dates for the OUTPUT=2 OptionSpecifying Two Series IDs with Multiple Vintage Dates and Descending Sort Order
- References
You can use the SAS DATA step to write the selected FRED data to a SAS data set. This enables you to use SAS software to easily analyze the data. If you specify the name of the output data set in the DATA statement, the engine supervisor creates a SAS data set that has the specified name in either the SAS Work library or, if specified, the User library.
The contents of the SAS data set include the date of each observation and the series name of each series that is read from the FRED data source.
The SASEFRED interface engine maintains the sort order, so the time series are sorted in the resulting SAS data set by the order specified in the SORT= option, by date (time ID), and by variable (time series item name).
You can use the PRINT and CONTENTS procedures to print your output data set and its contents. Alternatively, you can view your SAS output observations by opening the desired output data set in a SAS Explorer window. You can also use the SQL procedure with your SASEFRED libref to create a custom view of your data.