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Cataloger - Document, Compare, & View SAS Catalogs & Data sets

Document, Compare, & View SAS
Catalogs and Data Sets

Cataloger is available for SAS V9 - See latest features
 
See also: Cataloger: Updated for Version 9
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Automatically create documentation for your SAS programs
   
Easily create publication-quality documentation of your SAS/AF programs. Cataloger will create a Microsoft Word document containing all the FRAME or PROGRAM entries in a catalog. As for FRAME entries, this output can include an image of the Frame itself, the FRAME's SCL, and a table showing all the FRAME's widgets and a description of their key attributes.

Many other catalog entry types can also be exported to Word.

 
Search SAS Catalog entries and data
   
Cataloger can search all the SCL and SOURCE entries in a SAS catalog for a specified search string. The processing time is extremely fast! For example, it can search 100 SCL entries of 1000 lines each in under 30 seconds!

Benchmark performed on a 400 MHz laptop computer with 128 meg of RAM.

 
Compare SAS Catalog Entries and data
   
Cataloger allows you to interactively compare SCL and SOURCE entries (even ASCII files!) in two side-by-side windows. Line differences are highlighted and re-synchronization is performed automatically. Variables in SAS data sets can also be compared in this interactive manner.
 
Manage SAS Data Sets (Cataloger for SAS V8 only)
   
Cataloger allows you to interactively view and set many aspects of SAS data sets. You can re-order and create variables, define sort order, indexes, and passwords. You can also save Version 8 data sets as Version 6 data sets. Long variable names are automatically converted to Version 6 standards.
   

A Cataloger Success Story

I recently had the occasion to use CATALOGER in the course of an assignment, and I found it to be an invaluable consulting tool.

I was working out-of-town validating a SAS application with which I was not familiar. CATALOGER was extremely helpful in getting me knowledgeable about the application's screens, frames and SCL quickly. In addition, because I had excellent paper documentation, I could remain productive during evenings in the hotel room when I didn't have electronic access to the application. This meant that I could use my evening time to come up with an efficient plan for the next day - helpful in ensuring that I finished the job on time.

Finally, because the CATALOGER creates nicely formatted output in a Word document, I could include that document as part of the project documentation for the client.

I recommend using CATALOGER to any SAS consultant doing AF or FSP work
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Deborah Testa, Qualex Alliance Partner

 

System Requirements

Cataloger for SAS Version 9 (SAS Version 8 compatible)

  • SAS/AF, SAS/FSP
  • Windows 9X/2000/XP
  • Minimum resolution: 1024 X 768

[ Download Cataloger for SAS 9  ]

Cataloger for Version 8

  • SAS/AF, SAS/FSP
  • Windows 9X
  • Export to MS-Word requires MS-Word 97 and up
  • Minimum resolution: 800 X 600

[ Download Cataloger for SAS 8  ]

Cataloger for Version 6.11/6.12

  • SAS/Graph, SAS/AF, SAS/FSP
  • Windows 3.X, 9X, NT
  • Export to MS-Word requires MS-Word 6 and up

[ Download Cataloger for SAS 6.11/6.12 ]

Cost: Free for personal and internal business use only.

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