https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Open-SAS-Data-Set-and-Catalog/m-p/602570#M16840 <P>Make the first line of your program</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">options nofmterr;</CODE></PRE> <P>The drawback to this is that you can't see custom formats. If you want to see the custom formats, then you need to obtain these from the person who created them. This thread contains a number of ways to do this:&nbsp;<A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-share-SAS-data-set-with-custom-formats/td-p/598100" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-share-SAS-data-set-with-custom-formats/td-p/598100</A></P> Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:56:55 GMT PaigeMiller 2019-11-07T19:56:55Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Open-SAS-Data-Set-and-Catalog/m-p/602567#M16838 <P>Someone gave me a&nbsp;SAS Data Set and Catalog. When I open the the data set, it shows error:</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P><STRONG>ERROR: Format T1F not found or couldn't be loaded for variable PQ.</STRONG></P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>How can I open the SAS data set without error?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:52:39 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Open-SAS-Data-Set-and-Catalog/m-p/602567#M16838 Thanyada 2019-11-07T19:52:39Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Open-SAS-Data-Set-and-Catalog/m-p/602570#M16840 <P>Make the first line of your program</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <PRE><CODE class=" language-sas">options nofmterr;</CODE></PRE> <P>The drawback to this is that you can't see custom formats. If you want to see the custom formats, then you need to obtain these from the person who created them. This thread contains a number of ways to do this:&nbsp;<A href="https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-share-SAS-data-set-with-custom-formats/td-p/598100" target="_blank">https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-share-SAS-data-set-with-custom-formats/td-p/598100</A></P> Thu, 07 Nov 2019 19:56:55 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Open-SAS-Data-Set-and-Catalog/m-p/602570#M16840 PaigeMiller 2019-11-07T19:56:55Z https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Open-SAS-Data-Set-and-Catalog/m-p/602592#M16843 <P>If the catalog contains the needed formats, you need to include it in your fmtsearch option.</P> Thu, 07 Nov 2019 20:22:54 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/New-SAS-User/Open-SAS-Data-Set-and-Catalog/m-p/602592#M16843 Kurt_Bremser 2019-11-07T20:22:54Z