Dear SAS-L, I hope this is the correct list for a SAS/ETS problem using the IMF datasets. I have recently been given the International Monetary Fund datasets to look after, which are accessed using the PROC DATATSOURCE procedure. I am an experienced programmer, but fairly new to SAS and I am having considerable difficulties getting the data out with the decimal point in the right place. It seems that the main dataset does not store the decimal point in the data, but that this is stored in another dataset of descriptive information. Have I got this right? or am I missing something obvious? I think I have figured out the DOTS data because there are only two variables, however I'm stuck with the BOPS databank where there are hundreds of variables. Is anyone out there use the IMF datasets on a day-to-day basis? Do you have any sample jobs, tips, etc., you can send me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. We are running SAS 6.09 on a UNIX box (Solaris 2.3). Thank you, Linda. -- Linda Keedy E-mail C.L.Keedy@mcc.ac.uk MIDAS University of Manchester Tel +44 (0)161-275-6103 Oxford Road Fax +44 (0)161-275-6040 Manchester M13 9PL