Data file
What is a .sas7bdat file?
A .sas7bdat file is a Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows) (version 9.1). This is a data file — structured information used by a program rather than read directly. Confusingly, this extension has been used by 10 different formats over the years — they're all listed below.
This extension has been used by more than one format
10 different formats have claimed .sas7bdat over the years, so two files with the same extension aren't necessarily the same kind of thing.
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows)Version 9.1 · fmt/607
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)Version 9.1 · fmt/608
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows)Version Generic · fmt/1015
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)Version Generic · fmt/1016
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows)Version 8.2 · fmt/1017
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)Version 8.2 · fmt/1018
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows)Version 9.2 · fmt/1019
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)Version 9.2 · fmt/1020
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows)Version 9.3 · fmt/1021
- Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix)Version 9.3 · fmt/1022
How to open a .sas7bdat file
- Start with the program that produced it; that's almost always the right tool.
- Open it in a text editor to see whether it's readable text or binary.
- For database formats, DB Browser for SQLite or LibreOffice Base can often import it.
The registry records this extension against Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows), Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix), Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows) and others, so software from that family is the most likely match.
How to convert a .sas7bdat file
- If you can view the data, exporting to .csv is usually the most portable option.
The technical record
For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .sas7bdat.
| Format name | Version | MIME type | PUID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows) | 9.1 | — | fmt/607 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) | 9.1 | — | fmt/608 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows) | Generic | — | fmt/1015 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) | Generic | — | fmt/1016 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows) | 8.2 | — | fmt/1017 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) | 8.2 | — | fmt/1018 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows) | 9.2 | — | fmt/1019 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) | 9.2 | — | fmt/1020 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Windows) | 9.3 | — | fmt/1021 |
| Statistical Analysis System Data (Unix) | 9.3 | — | fmt/1022 |