16074 - "WARNING: At least one nonessential grouping column reference has been removed from a GROUP BY's reference list"

Usage Note 16074: "WARNING: At least one nonessential grouping column reference has been removed from a GROUP BY's reference list"

This Warning occurs in SAS^® 9 when referencing a column on the GROUP BY clause which was created by using a constant value on the SELECT clause.

This Warning did not occur in versions of SAS prior to SAS 9.

Select the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Solaris	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		HP-UX	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		z/OS	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		HP-UX IPF	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		OpenVMS Alpha	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Tru64 UNIX	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		AIX	9 TS M0	9.1 TS1M3 SP4

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) for this issue is available at:

A fix for SAS 9.1.3 (9.1 TS1M3) with Asian Language Support (DBCS) for this issue is available at :

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:	medium
Topic:	SAS Reference ==> Procedures ==> SQL SAS Reference ==> SQL

Date Modified:	2006-09-26 10:38:38
Date Created:	2005-08-31 13:46:23