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Problem Note 46883: SAS® Marketing Optimization returns the error "Variable customer_id has been defined as both character and numeric" when validating project input data
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If you are validating SAS Marketing Optimization project input data and you are using the Contact History, the validation might fail with the following error:
ERROR: Variable customer_id has been defined as both character and numeric.
This problem occurs when you use a CUSTOMER_ID field with a numeric format.
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Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS Marketing Optimization | Microsoft® Windows® for x64 | 5.4 | 5.41 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 |
| 64-bit Enabled AIX | 5.4 | 5.41 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled HP-UX | 5.4 | 5.41 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 5.4 | 5.41 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 5.4 | 5.41 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 5.4 | 5.41 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 5.4 | 5.41 | 9.2 TS2M3 | 9.3 TS1M1 | ||