An error might be generated with the TABULATE procedure or the REPORT procedure when creating an output data set using the GENMAX= data set option for a new or existing SAS^® generation data set. If the generation data set exists, the GENMAX= option is used to change the maximum number of generations for the SAS generation library.

For example, the following program creates a new SAS generation data set with the OUT= option in the PROC TABULATE statement:

libname new "c:\test\";

data new.inputdata;
   input x y;
   datalines;
1 2
1 3
2 1
2 4
;
run;

proc tabulate data=new.inputdata out=new.tabgen(genmax=5);
   class x y;
   table x*y;
run;

The following error is produced when running the program above:

If you try to run the TABULATE procedure code again, the following error is produced:

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