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Problem Note 66653: Running multiple Import Data tasks from the same source data might cause errors in SAS® Enterprise Guide® 8.1 and 8.2
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When you run multiple Import Data tasks linked from the same source data, you might encounter errors similar to the following in SAS Enterprise Guide 8.1 and 8.2:
The process cannot access the file
'C:\Users\YourUserIDHere\AppData\Roaming\SAS\EnterpriseGuide\EGTEMP\SEG-14872-127d64af\contents\FormatCache-3DED929D-7255-488F-98B0-58AEFE162B07.dat' because it is being used by another process.
An item with the same key has already been added.
An item with the same key has already been added.
And, if you try to open the output data of any of the failed Import Data tasks, then you are likely to see the following error:
Cannot open data set "..." File WORK... does not exist. For data from a work library, rerun your code to rebuild the data set. Re-running the process flow might result in some of the import data tasks having no output table at all, or, all the data might be generated correctly.
Re-running the process flow might result in some of the Import Data tasks having no output table at all. Or, all the data might be generated correctly.
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 | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Enterprise Guide | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise 32-bit | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Enterprise x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 32-bit | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8 Pro x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise 32-bit | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro 32-bit | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 Pro x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows 10 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Datacenter | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Std | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Std | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Enterprise x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Home Premium x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional 32 bit | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Professional x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||
| Windows 7 Ultimate x64 | 8.2 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||||