Usage Notes
Review the following
notes if you have trouble importing data:
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Before you click
OK to
import the data, click
Preview. Preview shows an accurate representation of the column names and
data values that will be available after the import.
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If SAS is configured as a Unicode server at your site, then you have the most flexibility
for importing data. Specifically, SAS as a Unicode server helps with using column
names or filenames (that are used as table names) that have
double-byte characters.
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When you import a delimited
text file (CSV file), you must specify the
encoding of the text file. In some cases, the import reports success, even though the data
might be corrupted. It is important to verify the imported data.
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If importing large
data files at the same time is common for your deployment, then you should be aware that large
data files are written to temporary
disk space on the server. In extreme cases, this can cause temporary disk space to become full.
Systems that run out of disk space can become unresponsive and difficult to troubleshoot.
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If you import data from
text files and plan to
append the data, then you must verify that the column
data types and lengths match the table that you want to append to.
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