If you are creating an index on more than one column, index-name cannot be the same as any column in the table. table-name specifies a PROC SQL table. Indexes in PROC SQL: An index stores both the ...

Creating an index is an easy process. Just use the Create Index On command, followed by the table name and the name of the index that you want to create. The index name will need to be in parentheses.

The second form uses a LIKE clause to create a table that has the same column names and column attributes as another table. To drop any columns in the new table, you can specify the DROP= data set ...