You try to import a SASHDAT file that is located on a Microsoft Windows system. You want to import the file into a format library by using SAS Environment Manager. After you attempt to import the file, these error messages appear:

You might also see the following error messages in the CAS log:

The workaround for this problem is to change each backslash (\) to a forward slash (/) in SAS Environment Manager when you are specifying the location of the file.

For example, if the SASHDAT file is located in C:\myfiles\abc.sashdat, you need to change the backslashes to forward slashes, as shown here:

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	Product Release		SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*	Reported	Fixed*
SAS System	SAS Viya	Linux for x64	3.3	3.4		Viya

* 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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The following errors appear after you try to import a SASHDAT file located on a Windows system into a format library using SAS Environment Manager: "Error creating CAS library," "The action was not successful. ERROR: Missing path or data source options on caslib object EVImportTempInputFormats."

Type:	Problem Note
Priority:	high

Date Modified:	2020-09-30 21:11:28
Date Created:	2019-11-13 09:27:20