Warnings and errors like the following might be generated when you use the SASEXFSD LIBNAME engine to access data from the vendor FactSet:

These messages are related to the problem that is described in SAS Note 54597, "The SASEXFSD, SASEFRED, and SASEQUAN LIBNAME engines might generate macro invocation errors and warnings", and should not prevent the engine from creating SAS^® data sets. However, the following errors are generated in certain cases:

The following error is also generated if the DEBUG=ON option is included in the LIBNAME statement:

This error might be issued because your firewall restricts access to the FactSet HTTPS secure web site. If access to a secure HTTP site (HTTPS) is restricted, the following three steps are potentially necessary to eliminate the errors and populate the data set(s):

1. First, click the Hot Fix tab in this note and install the hot fix that is provided at the location specified. Then add the PROXY= option to point to the network proxy for HTTPS traffic, as determined by your network administrator.
   libname test sasexfsd "your-directory-path" < previously coded options >
           proxy="http://yourproxyvalue.com:NNNN" debug=on; 
   Please replace yourproxyvalue.com with the proxy value supplied by your network administrator, and NNNN with the port number provided by your network administrator.


2. Apply the hot fix referenced in SAS Note 55091, "Using the CONNECT option in a FILENAME statement might result in truncated data."


3. Include the CONNECT=ON option in the LIBNAME statement.

The final LIBNAME statement after the hotfix is applied to SAS/ETS^® 14.1 (SAS^® 9.4 TS1M2) should look like this:

In SAS/ETS^® 14.2 and later, the PROXY= and CONNECT=YES options might be necessary, and are documented here.

Operating System and Release Information

A fix for this issue for SAS/ETS 13.2_M1 is available at: