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Problem Note 62655: "ERROR: string is duplicated" occurs when you use the EXPORT procedure with the XLSX engine
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When you use PROC EXPORT with DBMS=XLSX to export to an existing Microsoft Excel file, the following error occurs:
ERROR: string is duplicated
Due to an issue with the underlying structure of the Excel file, the XLSX file contains duplicate entries in an underlying component file. As a result, the XLSX engine is unable to export the data from SAS® to a Microsoft Excel file.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.4_M3 | 9.4_M5 | 9.4 TS1M3 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||