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Problem Note 57088: The error "applied buffer too small for requested data" might be generated when you use the ODS destination for Excel
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An error message like the following might be generated when you use the ODS destination for Excel and the string of the BY-group variable values has a combined length that exceeds 32K:
Error: applied buffer too small for requested data
This error might also occur when specific options like the SHEET_NAME= option are processed repeatedly in the thousands of times within the ODS EXCEL opening and closing statements.
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 | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Linux for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 |
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| z/OS 64-bit | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| z/OS | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M4 | ||