When you use the Compare Data task in SAS Enterprise Guide, an exception occurs in the SAS report. The exception, which is caused by certain German characters (for example, ü), occurs when SAS Enterprise Guide runs on a Unicode server.

Here is an example:

Unable to read SAS Report file.

Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 90, position 70.

-------------------------- Technical Information Follows --------------------------

Exception Details:
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Exception type:  System.Xml.XmlException
Message:         Invalid character in the given encoding. Line 90, position 70.
Source:          System.Xml
Target Site:     Throw

Stack Trace:
   at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String arg)......

This problem occurs only when the result type is SAS Report. It does not occur when the result type is HTML.

To work around this problem, use an English locale by running the following code:

Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for Base SAS 9.3_M2 is available at: