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Problem Note 44313: A "value ???? is not a valid SAS name.." error occurs if a variable name includes half-width katakana characters
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If you run SAS® Enterprise Miner™ using the VALIDVARNAME=ANY option, then SAS Enterprise Miner should allow your variable names to contain Japanese characters. However, if a variable name contains a single-byte (half-width) katakana character, then SAS Enterprise Miner produces an error:
Error: exception.server.EMTOOL.RUNTIMEERROR
An error occurred while running this node. Please refer to the SAS log component of this node's
results for more information.
The text of the error in the node log varies according to the name of the variable. The text of the error is similar to this text:
ERROR: The value ???? is not a valid SAS name.
The only workaround is to remove the single-byte katakana characters from the variable names.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Miner | Solaris for x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |
| Linux for x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Linux | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows Vista | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 6.2 | |||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 6.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 6.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 6.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 6.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 6.2 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 6.2 | |||||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||
| z/OS | 6.2 | 7.1_M1 | 9.3 TS1M1 | |||