When you assign a LIBNAME statement to an Excel file using Windows SAS^® 9.4 TS1M0 and 64-bit Excel, the individual sheet names might not show up in the SAS Explorer, and this error occurs:

For example, the error occurs when you submit libname x 'c:\myfiles\myfile.xlsx'; and then double-click any sheet name to open it in VIEWTABLE.

The problem is not with the Excel file itself. (The Excel data can be seen with the PRINT procedure and read into a SAS data set.) The problem occurs because the Excel sheet name contains the special character $, which is not allowed in SAS names. To circumvent the problem, submit options validmemname=extend; before opening a table in the VIEWTABLE.

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