20326 - The IMPORT Procedure in SAS® Enterprise Guide® does not read Excel data properly

Problem Note 20326: The IMPORT Procedure in SAS® Enterprise Guide® does not read Excel data properly

PROC IMPORT code, to read an Excel file into SAS^®, that is executed from the Code Window in SAS Enterprise Guide creates a data set that contains character variable values that are set to 0.

Running the same code in Foundation SAS to read the same Excel file will produce the data set correctly, with the expected character variable values.

If you convert the Excel file to a delimited text file (such as a .CSV file), the data is imported into SAS Enterprise Guide^® correctly.

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

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
Product Family	Product	System	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files	Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4	9.2 TS1M0

* 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:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_sbcs_prod_list.html#020326

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

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/e9_dbcs_prod_list.html#020326

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2007-06-12 13:55:30
Date Created:	2007-06-04 15:52:42