Complete SAS Programming Guide - Learn SAS and Become a Data Ninja - Customize the Way You Sort

The video tutorial explains how to create a custom sort order for a table using SQL. It begins with an introduction to the default alphabetical sorting of months and the need for a custom order. The tutorial then details the steps to implement a custom sort order using SQL's case logic, allowing sorting from January to March, April to June, July to August, and September to December. The final section demonstrates how to apply and test the custom sort order, ensuring it works as intended.

Why is the default alphabetical order not suitable for sorting months in this tutorial?

• It doesn't consider fiscal quarters.

• It doesn't sort by the number of days in a month.

• It doesn't account for leap years.

• It doesn't group months by seasons.

What SQL feature is used to remap the months into a custom order?

• CASE logic

• GROUP BY clause

• HAVING clause

• JOIN clause

In the custom sort order, which months are assigned the first position?

• July to August

• April to June

• January to March

• September to December

What is the purpose of naming the column 'higher month sort' in the SQL query?

• To identify the original order of months

• To filter out missing values

• To specify the column for custom sorting

• To calculate the average salary

What is the final step in implementing the custom sort order in SQL?

• Changing the ORDER BY clause

• Adding a WHERE condition

• Applying a GROUP BY clause

• Using a JOIN clause