topic how to preserve from dropping zero ,while opening csv file in excel in ODS and Base Reporting

how to preserve from dropping zero ,while opening csv file in excel

14sas — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:02:41 GMT

how to preserve dropping zeros while opening an csv file in excel .

Re: how to preserve from dropping zero ,while opening csv file in excel

Reeza — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:30:48 GMT

Same answer as your previous question here - Open the file from within Excel, using Excel's data import feature, rather than double click it.

Here's the answer from a different source, if that helps.

http://www.upenn.edu/computing/da/bo/webi/qna/iv_csvLeadingZeros.html

Re: how to preserve from dropping zero ,while opening csv file in excel

Reeza — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 22:32:31 GMT

Also, please consider marking some answers correct if they've been answered 🙂

Re: how to preserve from dropping zero ,while opening csv file in excel

Ksharp — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 02:43:23 GMT

in front of it , add '

like :

'0021

'0032

Re: how to preserve from dropping zero ,while opening csv file in excel

Reeza — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:25:06 GMT

If you have SAS 9.4 consider ODS Excel or ODS TAGSETS.EXCELXP + a VB script to convert to native Excel file.

Re: how to preserve from dropping zero ,while opening csv file in excel

RW9 — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 10:19:55 GMT

You are perhap mixing types here. CSV is a useful format for data transfer, i.e. if you are sending the data to someone that is the best format. If however the file is for review, say in Excel, then use the reporting functionalities, ods tagsets.excelxp for example, which will allow you to specify formats in the markedup output:

https://support.sas.com/resources/papers/proceedings11/266-2011.pdf

So, step one, decide what the output is to be used for, different formats are for different things. Then use the best technology for that purpose.