Problem Note 55194: The SAS® Enterprise Guide® Append Tables task returns the error "The output location is not valid"
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The Append Tables task produces the following error when the server name contains a colon (:) character:
The output location is not valid
For example, the SAS Application Server name SASApp:Dept76113086 would produce the error.
To work around this problem, do not include a colon in the server name defined in the SAS® Management Console Server Manager plug-in.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows 95/98 | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Server | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows NT Workstation | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 5.1 | |||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 5.1 | 6.1_M1 | 9.4 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows Millennium Edition (Me) | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows Vista | 5.1 | |||||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 5.1 | |||||
A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Guide 6.1_M1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/M54.html#55194A fix for this issue for SAS Enterprise Guide 5.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/G35.html#55194A fix for this issue for SAS Add-in for Microsoft Office 5.1 is available at:
https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/G36.html#55194
The SAS Enterprise Guide Append Tables task produces returns an error if the server name contains a colon character.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2021-07-18 11:02:32 |
| Date Created: | 2015-02-10 16:49:33 |