Usage Note 44053: "Fatal ODS error has occurred" and "Requested function is not supported" errors might occur with the ODS GRAPHICS ON statement
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The following error messages might be written to the SAS Log when submitting an ODS GRAPHICS ON statement:
ERROR: Requested function is not supported.
ERROR: Fatal ODS error has occurred. Unable to continue processing this output destination.
This problem is most likely to occur if the system option USER points to a Scalable Performance Data Server or a Scalable Performance Data Engine. This configuration is not supported by ODS Graphics.
To circumvent the problem, reset the system option USER to the default by submitting the following statement before activating ODS Graphics:
options user='';
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | SAS Release | |
| Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/GRAPH | z/OS | 9.2 TS1M0 | |
| Microsoft® Windows® for 64-Bit Itanium-based Systems | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP 64-bit Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Microsoft Windows XP Professional | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Windows Vista for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Linux | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Linux for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| OpenVMS on HP Integrity | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.2 TS1M0 | |||
"Fatal ODS error has occurred" and "Requested function is not supported" errors might occur when using the ODS GRAPHICS ON statement.
| Type: | Usage Note |
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| Date Modified: | 2011-10-11 15:04:45 |
| Date Created: | 2011-08-19 09:24:52 |