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When applying formats or informats to a table using the Viewtable window, you might receive an error when the available format/informat list is displayed. The error does not prevent the formatted/informatted data from being displayed.
Creating a FORMATS catalog in the WORK library removes the first error message: ERROR: Catalog WORK.FORMATS does not exist
. However, if user-defined formats/informats exist in the FORMATS catalog, then this second error message continues to appear: By variables are not properly sorted
The log below contains messages similar to what you might receive in these situations:
1 proc sql; 2 create view work._qwffmt as select fmtname from dictionary.formats where source='C'; NOTE: SQL view WORK._QWFFMT has been defined. NOTE: PROCEDURE SQL used (Total process time): real time 0.03 seconds cpu time 0.03 seconds 3 proc format lib=work.formats fmtlib cntlout=work._fmtdesc noprint; 4 run; NOTE: PROCEDURE FORMAT used (Total process time): real time 0.01 seconds cpu time 0.00 seconds ERROR: Catalog WORK.FORMATS does not exist. NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors. WARNING: The data set WORK._FMTDESC may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 0 variables. 5 data work._fmtdesc2; 6 set work._fmtdesc; 7 by fmtname; 8 if first.fmtname; 9 run; ERROR: BY variable fmtname is not on input data set WORK._FMTDESC. NOTE: The SAS System stopped processing this step because of errors. WARNING: The data set WORK._FMTDESC2 may be incomplete. When this step was stopped there were 0 observations and 0 variables. NOTE: DATA statement used (Total process time): real time 0.01 seconds cpu time 0.01 seconds
Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
Reported | Fixed* | |||
SAS System | Base SAS | Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 | ||
Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | 9.2 TS2M0 |