Tracy Sherman and Aakar Shah
As the use of Pinnacle 21 ADaM define specifications increases, so does the opportunity for automation. ADaM programming can be automated by using the Pinnacle 21 specifications to determine the necessary variable data source, assignments, codelists and derivations. As each variable has a specific origin type designated in the specifications such as predecessor, assigned, derived, etc., the specifications can be tailored and drawn upon to write the applicable SAS code to a program.
This paper will demonstrate how Pinnacle 21 specifications for ADSL can be used to generate a program for producing an ADSL data set. Specification guidelines based on origin type will be proposed to help streamline the specification writing process and strengthen the ability to automate data set programming.
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