Unable to read SAS Report file.  Multiple XML declarations were found. 

 Unexpected XML declaration. The XML declaration must be the first
 node in the document, and no white space characters are allowed to
 appear before it. 
 

As an example, the following code will result in this error message.

 %stpbegin;
 %stpbegin;  /* Remove this extra statement */

   proc print data=sashelp.class;
   run;

 %stpend;   
 %stpend;    /* Remove this extra statement */

 

You can solve this problem by removing the extra %STPBEGIN and %STPEND statements.

Note that SAS Enterprise Guide will insert %STPBEGIN and %STPEND statements in your code unless you uncheck the option:

in the SAS Code window when you modify a SAS Stored Process. Be sure to uncheck this option if you encounter this problem.

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