After applying hot fix 41WARNTY02, a Pareto analysis log shows that the error Format $. is unknown. PROC SQL is used to make labels and formats blank. The labels and formats are then replaced with localized versions. The blanking of labels with PROC SQL fails (Defect S0530122), which leaves blanked formats in place. The blank formats are invalid and cause errors later.

A workaround is to ensure that all columns that might be in a summarized data set have a format that is defined in either parmsl.anlformatlabel or parmsl.variables.

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	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Warranty Analysis	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition	4.1		9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition	4.1		9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition	4.1		9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled AIX	4.1		9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		64-bit Enabled Solaris	4.1		9.1 TS1M3 SP4
		HP-UX IPF	4.1		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.

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A fix for this issue for SAS Warranty Analysis 4.1 is available at:

http://www.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/warnty41.html#035818

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PROC SQL is used to make labels and formats blank. The labels and formats are then replaced with localized versions. The blanking of labels with PROC SQL fails, which leaves blanked formats in place. The blank formats are invalid and cause errors later.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2009-06-08 10:37:32
Date Created:	2009-05-06 07:14:22