Problem Note 40764: Negative numbers are interpreted as text when exporting stored process output from SAS® Web Report Studio
Negative values might be interpreted as text when exporting output from a stored process to Microsoft Excel using SAS Web Report Studio.
To circumvent the problem, you can convert the values to numbers.
In the spreadsheet, the affected numbers will show an error indicator in the upper left corner of their cells. Click on the indicator to open a dialog box that enables you to convert the values to numbers.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS Web Report Studio | Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 3.1 | | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 3.1 | | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 3.1 | | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 3.1 | | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 3.1 | | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| HP-UX IPF | 3.1 | 4.31 | 9.1 TS1M3 SP4 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
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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.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2010-09-07 16:03:07 |
| Date Created: | 2010-09-01 15:22:20 |
