This problem is most likely to occur if a user-defined format is associated with a variable in an SG procedure. The error occurs when the user-defined format references a second user-defined format that has not been previously referenced in an SG procedure.

To circumvent the problem, submit an extra SG procedure step that utilizes the user-defined format that is referenced in the second user-defined format. See the Full Code tab for an example of the syntax.

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proc format;	
   value amt
      1="$0"
      2="$1-4,999" 
      3="$5,000-9,999"
      4="More than $0";
run;

proc format;   
   value amtShort 
      4='Some, but unable to estimate amount' 
      other=[amt40.];
run;

data sr;
   input resp val;
   datalines;
1 4
4 6
2 6
3 2
;
run;

proc template;
   define statgraph test;
   begingraph;
      layout overlay;
         barchart x=resp y=val;
      endlayout;
   endgraph;
   end;
run;

proc sgrender data=sr template=test;
   format resp amt.;
run;

proc sgrender data=sr template=test;
   format resp amtshort.;
run;