You need to copy the Excel File byte by byte and then use SAS Access for PC FIles as in the example below, or SAS Access for ODBC to read the native Excel.  You can also use SAS Enterprise Guiide to import the File to a SAS Dataset. FILENAME website URL 'https://www.dmepdac.com/docs/crosswalk/march_13/2013-03-05_xwalkfinalversion.xls'; FILENAME COPY "C:\temp\TestPROCtoNDC.xls";   data _NULL_;    n=-1;       infile website recfm=s nbyte=n length=len;      file copy recfm=n;      input;      put _infile_ $varying32767. len; run;    filename copy clear;    libname Excel "C:\temp\TestPROCtoNDC.xls" ; Data WORK.PROCtoNDC; * Because the worksheet name is the SAS Dataset Name and it has a non standard format you need it in quotes.;        SET Excel."03-05-2013 NDC-HCPCS XWalk$"n;   run; ... View more