topic Re: Filepath not found? in New SAS User

Filepath not found?

lmills3 — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:01:48 GMT

Below is the message I received when trying to do an activity, in Lesson 2: Accessing Data:

proc contents data="FILEPATH/storm_summary.sas7bdat";

ERROR: Path "FILEPATH" does not exist.

run;

Why? What did I not do right?

Re: Filepath not found?

ballardw — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:06:30 GMT

@lmills3 wrote:

Below is the message I received when trying to do an activity, in Lesson 2: Accessing Data:

proc contents data="FILEPATH/storm_summary.sas7bdat";

ERROR: Path "FILEPATH" does not exist.

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run;

Why? What did I not do right?

FILEPATH is a place holder in code where you should replace the text 'FILEPATH' with an actual location on your computer such as

"c:\thisfolder\datafolder\storm_summary.sas7bdat". You value should include the actual path to where that data file is located.

Since different computer operating systems use different ways to indicate paths and the start of path (windows uses a drive letter to start, Unix a drive mount name) the example code uses a generic term.

This is also one reason that SAS uses library references so that most of that path stuff can be set in one piece of code not needed again.

Re: Filepath not found?

Tom — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:07:47 GMT

Looks like you didn't replace the example text FILEPATH with the actual path of the directory where your file is stored. Something like one of these.

proc contents data="/home/myuserid/mysasfile/storm_summary.sas7bdat";
proc contents data="c:\users\myuserid\mysasfile\storm_summary.sas7bdat";

Another possibility is that they wanted you to make a macro variable named FILEPATH that has the path of the directory and you should be using &FILEPATH in your PROC CONTENTS code.

%let filepath=/home/myuserid/mysasfile;
proc contents data="&filepath./storm_summary.sas7bdat";

For more precise help explain what lesson you are running and SAS interface you are using. SAS Display Manager? SAS Enterprise Guide? SAS/Studio.

Re: Filepath not found?

VDD — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:10:09 GMT

using your mouse point at the table storm_summary and see what the path to the file is.

Then replace the filepath with the real path name to the data table.

its going to start with a \ or a // or maybe a C:\ but only you can tell for sure.

Re: Filepath not found?

lmills3 — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:36:00 GMT

I wish that answered it, yet I am uncertain what I have done wrong in the "setup" ....maybe..?

I copied and pasted my location of the filepath and I still have the 'error' message