topic Re: XML created by ods tagset excelxp cannot be loaded in excel 2010 in ODS and Base Reporting

XML created by ods tagset excelxp cannot be loaded in excel 2010

christa — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:36:03 GMT

Hi all,

I am no longer able to create working multi-worksheet xml files with ods tagset excelxp.

The following program creates an xml, which cannot be opened in excel 2010:

einzel '\\c04-fs1.hestala.de\Abt_1\Ref_A\HEPAS\_SAS-Projekte\Tabelle aus Einzeldaten';

tagsets.excelxp close;

tagsets.excelxp file="\\c04-fs1.hestala.de\Abt_1\Ref_c\Sas\test1.xml" style=styles.sasweb;

tabulate data=sashelp.class;

class age sex;

var height;

table age, sex, height;

where age > 14;

;

tagsets.excelxp close;

I am including the created xml.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Christa

Re: XML created by ods tagset excelxp cannot be loaded in excel 2010

Reeza — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:57:24 GMT

In my testing using v1.127 of the tagsets and SAS 9.2

1. If I run your code straight it doesn't work.

2. If I run your code with a .xls extension it works, but not correctly (see #3). Perhaps there's an issue of extension mapping, are XML sets to be opened by Excel by default?

3. The multiple comma's in the table statement seems to confuse tagsets, and I've heard of this before. If you run simpler tables things seem to work.

Not sure if that helps, but hopefully points you to some workarounds.

Re: XML created by ods tagset excelxp cannot be loaded in excel 2010

Cynthia_sas — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:57:59 GMT

Hi:

There is a known issue with PROC TABULATE and TAGSETS.EXCELXP in SAS 9.3, as described here:

45306 - Specifying a page dimension with PROC TABULATE and the ExcelXP tagset generates an invalid XML file in SAS® 9.3

I do not know for sure whether the problem existed in 9.2 or not. The Tech Support note has a possible workaround. For more direct help on this issue, you might want to open a track with SAS Tech Support.

cynthia