Problem Note 55586: "Error: The value eval(sort(variable-name, RETAIN=ALL)) is not a valid SAS name" might be generated when creating graphs with PROC SGPLOT
The following error might be issued in the SAS® log when you create a graph with the SGLOT procedure:
ERROR: The value eval(sort(variable-name, RETAIN=ALL)) is not a valid SAS name.
In the error message,
variable-name is the name of the GROUP= variable in the plot statement.
The problem occurs when you use an attribute map data set and specify the GROUP= option in a fit plot statement, such as LOESS, REG, or PBSPLINE.
To circumvent the problem, sort the data set by the GROUP= variable prior to the PROC SGPLOT step.
Operating System and Release Information
| SAS System | Base SAS | z/OS | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Z64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Windows Vista | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Linux | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Linux for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
| Solaris for x64 | 9.3 TS1M0 | 9.4 TS1M3 |
*
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.
If you use a group variable and an attribute map data set when creating a graph with PROC SGPLOT, you might receive an error indicating that the group variable is not a valid SAS
® name.
| Type: | Problem Note |
| Priority: | medium |
| Date Modified: | 2015-04-20 14:09:30 |
| Date Created: | 2015-04-16 10:53:40 |
