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Problem Note 64481: SAS® Enterprise Guide® exports incorrect data to XLSX

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When you export data from SAS Enterprise Guide to XLSX, the data might be incorrectly converted when the data begins with "_x" followed by a four-digit number or letters (from "a" to "f"), and ends with an ASCII code (hexadecimal representation from "21" to "2F" or from "3B" to "40").

For example, suppose that you are exporting the following data to XLSX by clicking on Export:

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The exported data might be incorrectly converted to this:

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The following workarounds are available for SAS Enterprise Guide:

  • Export to XLS format.
  • Export to CSV format.
  • Use Send to Microsoft Excel instead of Export.
  • Use PROC EXPORT dbms=XLSX (SAS/ACCESS® Interface to PC Files is required).
  • Use ODS EXCEL (or select the Excel results format in Tools ► Options ► Results), and run a PROC PRINT NOOBS; RUN; to create a native XLSX file.

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Operating System and Release Information

Product FamilyProductSystemProduct ReleaseSAS Release
ReportedFixed*ReportedFixed*
SAS SystemSAS Enterprise GuideMicrosoft® Windows® for x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows 107.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 20087.159.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R27.159.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x647.159.4 TS1M5
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Microsoft Windows Server 20167.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Enterprise x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Home Premium x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Professional 32 bit7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Professional x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit7.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
Windows 7 Ultimate x647.158.29.4 TS1M59.4 TS1M6
* 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.