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Problem Note 33044: Character variables that are formatted with W.d might not display correctly in SAS® Enterprise Guide®
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If a SAS data set contains character variables that are formatted with the W.d format instead of the $W.d format, the values might not display correctly in SAS Enterprise Guide. Although Base SAS recognizes that the character variable should be formatted with $W.d and displays the values correctly, SAS Enterprise Guide displays the values as numbers, or, sometimes, in scientific notation.
The workaround is to reformat the character variables with the $W.d format, which will allow the values to display correctly in SAS Enterprise Guide.
Also see SAS Note 31414.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.1 | 4.22 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.1 | 4.22 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.1 | 4.22 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.1 | 4.22 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.1 | 4.22 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||
| Windows Vista | 4.1 | 4.22 | 9.2 TS2M2 | |||