In SAS Visual Scenario Designer, you can specify the length of a character field. If you enter a value that exceeds this length, then the value is truncated to the length that you specified. However, in SAS Event Stream Processing, the length value is ignored, and the non-truncated value is displayed.

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

After you apply the hot fix, the correct length is used in SAS Event Stream Processing.

Example

1. In SAS Visual Scenario Designer, create a new character field with a length of 3.
2. In the formula, specify "LONG TEXT" as the text value.

In SAS Visual Scenario Designer, this text is truncated to LON. However, SAS Event Stream Processing incorrectly displays the non-truncated value. After you apply the hot fix, LON is displayed in SAS Event Stream Processing.

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Visual Scenario Designer	Linux for x64	6.3_M1
SAS System	SAS Event Stream Processing Engine	Microsoft® Windows® for x64	3.2
		Linux for x64	3.2

* 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.

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A fix for this issue for SAS Visual Scenario Designer 6.3_M1 is available at:

https://tshf.sas.com/techsup/download/hotfix/HF2/Z53.html#58826

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Length values that are truncated in SAS Visual Scenario Designer might not be truncated in SAS Event Stream Processing.

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	medium

Date Modified:	2016-08-26 10:58:35
Date Created:	2016-08-19 10:52:19