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Problem Note 37267: "Error: 'Element' is an invalid XmlNodeType" when importing file into SAS® Enterprise Guide® 4.2
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When trying to import a delimited text file with a .dat extension into SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2, you might see the following errors. These errors might appear even though the file can be successfully imported into SAS Enterprise Guide 4.1.
This error appears when attempting to RUN the import data node:
ERROR: The following problems were encountered while reading the Import Data task's state from XML which will prevent the task from running: Internal Error: Missing SourceSpecificInfo derived class for SourceEnumType Undefined.
This error appears when trying to MODIFY the import data node:
SAS Enterprise Guide has encountered a problem. We recommend that you save your work and restart SAS Enterprise Guide.
-------------------------------------------------------- System.Xml.XmlException 'Element' is an invalid XmlNodeType. Line 1, position 260. --------------------- Technical Information Follows System.Xml.XmlException: 'Element' is an invalid XmlNodeType. Line 1, position 260.
Currently, the workaround is to change the extension of the file from .dat to .txt before importing the file into SAS Enterprise Guide 4.2.
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 Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows Vista | 4.2 | 4.3 | 9.2 TS2M0 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||