Problem Note 43915: SAS® Marketing Automation exports fail when they attempt to append to an existing Excel file that does not contain any entries
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SAS Marketing Automation returns the following error when an export attempts to append to an Excel file that has no data entries:
ERROR in the stored process or a called macro - vendor code: 1012, Message; Macro [MAEXP].SYSERRORTEXT=[Variable AGE has been defined as both character and numeric]
This scenario can occur on the second run of an export to an Excel file if the first run led to a zero count. The first run creates an empty Excel file that contains only column headings. The second run of the export generates the error above.
To avoid this error, delete export files that contain zero rows before you re-execute the export.
Click 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 Marketing Automation | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows Vista | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
| Linux on Itanium | 5.3_M3 | 5.4 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.2 TS2M3 | ||
A fix for this issue for SAS Marketing Automation 5.3_M3 is available at:
http://ftp.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/C18.html#43915| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | high |
| Date Modified: | 2012-01-03 10:08:41 |
| Date Created: | 2011-08-05 04:15:36 |