Microsoft Excel uses the general format when importing data values that do not have an Excel format applied. This general format attempts to determine how the value should be formatted. For example, an account number that is not alpha numeric and has leading zeroes will lose the leading zero. The same problem occurs when you type a value in a cell of Excel.

To get around this problem, the Excel Text format can be applied so that the value comes over the same way it was displayed in SAS. How this is done depends on the ODS destination that you use to generate the file. If the ExcelXP destination is used, the Excel text format can be applied using the format: parameter within the TAGATTR= attribute. Using the MSOffice2k/HTML/HTML3 destinations, the Microsoft Office CSS style property mso-number-format can be used with the same text format. Select the Full Code tab to see example code.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	Base SAS	z/OS	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft® Windows® for x64	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Server	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows NT Workstation	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows XP Professional	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Windows Vista	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		HP-UX IPF	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Linux on Itanium	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		OpenVMS Alpha	9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Tru64 UNIX	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.

Syntax to prevent loss of leading zeros

---

data one;
  input account name $;
cards;
023456 Bob
054556 Henry
034456 Wes
;
run;

/* ExcelXP destination */

ods tagsets.ExcelXP file="temp.xls";

proc print data=one;
var name;
var account / style(data)={tagattr="format:@"};
format account z6.;
run;

Ods tagsets.ExcelXP close;


/* MSOffice2k destination */


ods Msoffice2k file="temp1.xls";

proc print data=one;
var name;
var account / style(data)={htmlstyle="mso-number-format:\@"};
format account z6.; 
run;

Ods msoffice2k close;

Excel ods

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:
Topic:	Data Management ==> Data Sources ==> External Databases ==> MS Excel SAS Reference ==> ODS (Output Delivery System)

Date Modified:	2008-06-11 17:00:56
Date Created:	2008-06-11 11:00:42