Problem Note 52710: Long labels in SAS® are truncated at 128 characters when they are exported to SPSS
SAS labels are truncated at 128 characters when they are exported to SPSS data sets.
To circumvent the issue, shorten the SAS label to fewer than 128 characters.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to PC Files | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows Vista | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Linux | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 TS1M2 | |
*
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.
Long labels are truncated at 128 characters when exporting to SPSS files. The only circumvention is to shorten the label.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2014-05-01 16:00:47 |
| Date Created: | 2014-04-08 12:53:52 |
