Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

5-2013

Abstract

JSON, otherwise known as JavaScript Object Notation, is a popular data interchange format which provides a humanreadable format. It is language independent and can be read easily in a variety of computer languages. With the riseof Twitter and other unstructured data, there has been a move to incorporate such data as a way of disseminatinginformation. Twitter currently provides a simple API for users to extract tweets using JSON format. While SAS doesnot currently have a direct way of reading JSON, the SCANOVER function in SAS data step provides user with asimple and effective approach to getting JSON information into SAS datasets. In this paper, we will illustrate twoexamples using this technique.

Discipline

Computer Engineering | Data Storage Systems

Research Areas

Data Science and Engineering

Publication

Proceedings of 2013 SAS Global Forum, San Francisco, April 28 - May 1

First Page

1

Last Page

6

City or Country

San Francisco, CA, USA

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