In SAS Enterprise Guide Version 6.1M0 and earlier releases, the SAS Enterprise Guide client application automatically includes the following statements:

These statements are part of header information that is added to the top of a SAS program when a stored process is created. Setting the VALIDVARNAME system option enables the use of column names that contain embedded spaces and special characters.

Beginning with SAS Enterprise Guide Version 6.1M1, the OPTIONS VALIDVARNAME=ANY statement is not automatically included in the header that is added by the SAS Enterprise Guide client when a stored process is created.

In SAS Enterprise Guide Version 6.1M1 and later, use one of the following approaches to avoid problems with stored processes that require the VALIDVARNAME=ANY system option setting:

• Specify OPTIONS VALIDVARNAME=ANY; at the top of the SAS source code for stored processes that use special variable names.
• Specify OPTIONS VALIDVARNAME=ANY; in an autoexec file that is used for your workspace server and/or stored process server.
• Specify –VALIDVARNAME ANY as an invocation option on the command line that invokes your workspace and stored process server.
• Specify –VALIDVARNAME ANY in a sasv9.cfg file that is used in your BI environment.

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