Problem Note 43595: A long numeric rendered by a stored process in the SAS® Add-In for Microsoft Office might display in scientific notation
If you execute a stored process in Microsoft Excel that prints out a numeric variable of length 15 or longer, it might display that number in scientific notation. Even if the number is stored as a character field in the original data, it will still display in the wrong format. If you open the data directly into Microsoft Excel using the SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office, it will display correctly as a series of numbers. The problem occurs when you write out the data using a stored process.
To circumvent the problem, follow these steps:
- Run the stored process to display the results in scientific notation.
- In Microsoft Excel, change the format of the cells displaying the wrong format to Text.
- Right-click in the SAS Content area and select Properties from the pop-up menu.
- On the Appearance tab, select the check box for Preserve Excel number formatting.
- Refresh the results for the stored process.
A hot fix is planned for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M0 |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 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: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2011-07-01 09:42:57 |
| Date Created: | 2011-06-24 13:55:30 |
