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Importing from Excel: SAS Newbie

I have an Excel table. In SAS 9.2, I can use File > Import Data to bring that table into the SAS Explorer pane: contents of Work now includes that file. If I double-click on it, I get a VIEWTABLE pane showing the data.

I am under the impression that it exists as a temporary file that I could save to some permanent location. But as far as using it in SAS, I'm at a loss.

My PC mindset tells me that I need appropriate syntax for making references to that file -- that, perhaps, a simple command would run a batch of univariate procedures on it, or whatever. But I don't know if that belief is accurate, and I don't know what the syntax is. I have been searching for hours and I am stuck.

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